CVE-2016-9852
MEDIUMphpMyAdmin 4.6.x < 4.6.5 and 4.4.x < 4.4.15.9 - Path Disclosure via Export Timeout Error
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the full path of the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed. During an execution timeout in the export functionality, the errors containing the full path of the directory of phpMyAdmin are written to the export file. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected. This CVE is for the curl wrapper issue.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-63
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94527
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0050
EPSS Percentile
66.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (33)
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.6.0
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.6.1
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.6.2
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.6.3
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.6.4
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.4.0
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.4.1
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.4.1.1
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.4.2
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.4.3
... and 23 more
Published
Dec 11, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026