CVE-2016-6613
phpMyAdmin Local file exposure through symlinks with UploadDir
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.32%
Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can specially craft a symlink on disk, to a file which phpMyAdmin is permitted to read but the user is not, which phpMyAdmin will then expose to the user. 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.
How to fix CVE-2016-6613
To remediate CVE-2016-6613, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.4.15.8-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 4.6.4 or later
Is CVE-2016-6613 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 4.4.15.8-r0
- from 0, < 4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1
- >= 4.6, < 4.6.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |