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CVE-2005-4079

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4079 describes a vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.7.0 rc1 where the register_globals emulation allows remote attackers to manipulate the import_blacklist variable in grab_globals.php, leading to the potential overwriting of other variables and exploitation of further vulnerabilities. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial integrity impact without requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted or discussed vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.7.0_rc1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.7.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0235 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/17925
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17957
secunia.com / advisories/18618
securityreason.com / securityalert/237
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-03.xml
hardened-php.net / advisory_252005.110.html
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 21508
phpmyadmin.net / home_page/downloads.php
phpmyadmin.net / home_page/security.php
securityfocus.com / archive/1/418834/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/423142/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/15761
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2792