CVE-2016-9849 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94521 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32 https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-60

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8