Medium severity · published Dec 11, 2016
CVE-2016-9860
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin
5.9
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An unauthenticated user can execute a denial of service attack when phpMyAdmin is running with $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']=true. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% 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; 4.6.4; 4.0.0; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9860
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9860
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94525
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
Patch
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-65
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