High severity · published Dec 11, 2016
CVE-2016-6631
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin
7.5
CVSS
4.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can execute a remote code execution attack against a server when phpMyAdmin is being run as a CGI application. Under certain server configurations, a user can pass a query string which is executed as a command-line argument by the file generator_plugin.sh. 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:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.8% · higher than 92% 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-2016-6631
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6631
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92496
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-2016-54
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