Medium severity · published Dec 11, 2016
CVE-2016-6613
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin
5.3
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can specially craft a symlink on disk, to a file which phpMyAdmin is permitted to read but the user is not, which phpMyAdmin will then expose to the user. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
Phpmyadmin · Phpmyadmin
4.4.0; 4.4.1; 4.4.1.1; 4.4.2; 4.4.3; 4.4.4; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6613
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6613
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94115
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
Patch
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-36
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