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phpMyAdmin: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-2016-9849)

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phpMyAdmin: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-2016-9849)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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. It is possible to bypass AllowRoot restriction ($cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']) and deny rules for username by using Null Byte in the username. 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.

Solution(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-latest

References

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