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CVE-2016-9849
published 2016-12-11

CVE-2016-9849: An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. It is possible to bypass AllowRoot restriction ($cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']) and deny rules for username by using…

PriorityP353critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.96%
78.1th percentile
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.

Affected

72 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianphpmyadmin< phpmyadmin 4:4.6.5.1-1 (bookworm)phpmyadmin 4:4.6.5.1-1 (bookworm)
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CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu5.0MEDIUM
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