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phpMyAdmin: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') (CVE-2016-6609)

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phpMyAdmin: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') (CVE-2016-6609)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/10/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/04/2017
Modified
10/16/2019

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A specially crafted database name could be used to run arbitrary PHP commands through the array export feature. 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.

Solution(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-latest

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