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phpMyAdmin: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CVE-2016-6614)

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phpMyAdmin: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CVE-2016-6614)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/10/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/04/2017
Modified
10/16/2019

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving the %u username replacement functionality of the SaveDir and UploadDir features. When the username substitution is configured, a specially-crafted user name can be used to circumvent restrictions to traverse the file system. 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

References

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