CVE-2016-6631

CVSS V2 High 8.5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6631
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-12-11T02:59:40
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-07-01T01:30:02
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-78 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.15.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.15.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.15.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.15.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 8.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.8
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.6
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-54 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92496 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6631
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6631
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:40:19 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:20:10 2016-12-11T02:59Z 2016-12-11T02:59:40 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:20:10 2017-07-01T01:30:02 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:20:10 Modified Vulnerability Status updated