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CVE-2016-6613

phpMyAdmin Local file exposure through symlinks with UploadDir

Also known as GHSA-6j2v-g9rg-qcm5

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.3
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.5%
percentile 75%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.51% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD2.02.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub3.05.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
>=4.6, <4.6.4
>=4.4, <4.4.15.8
>=4.0, <4.0.10.17
4.6.4
4.4.15.8
4.0.10.17

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

  • phpmyadmin.net /security/PMASA-2016-36 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/94115 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201701-32 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6613 · advisory
  • github.com /phpmyadmin/composer · package

Sources

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