CVE-2016-9865
CRITICALphpMyAdmin < 4.6.5, < 4.4.15.9, < 4.0.10.18 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Serialized String Parsing Bypass
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Due to a bug in serialized string parsing, it was possible to bypass the protection offered by PMA_safeUnserialize() function. 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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-70
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94531
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0049
EPSS Percentile
65.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-254
CWE-502
Status
published
Products (50)
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.0
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.1
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.2
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.3
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.4
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.4.1
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.4.2
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.5
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.6
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.7
... and 40 more
Published
Dec 11, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026