Medium severity · published Dec 11, 2016
CVE-2016-6614
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving the %u username replacement functionality of the SaveDir and UploadDir features
6.8
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving the %u username replacement functionality of the SaveDir and UploadDir features. When the username substitution is configured, a specially-crafted user name can be used to circumvent restrictions to traverse the file system. 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:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
Phpmyadmin · Phpmyadmin
4.6.0; 4.6.1; 4.6.2; 4.6.3; 4.0.0; 4.0.1; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6614
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6614
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94366
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
Patch
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-37
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