--- title: "CVE-2005-3300\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3300?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2005-3300 Publication date 23 October 2005 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The register\_globals emulation layer in grab\_globals.php for phpMyAdmin before 2.6.4-pl3 does not perform safety checks on values in the \_FILES array for uploaded files, which allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files by using direct requests to library scripts that do not use grab\_globals.php, then modifying certain configuration values for the theme. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | phpmyadmin | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.8.0.3-1 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.8.0.3-1 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.8.0.3-1 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3300) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3300) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-3300) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3300) ### Other references *