UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6609

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6609

    Published: 11 Dec 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-6609
    Aliases:
    USN-4843-1

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A specially crafted database name could be used to run arbitrary PHP commands through the array export feature. 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6609, http://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-32/, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6609, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4843-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: phpmyadmin

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/phpmyadmin@4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm3?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm3

    Affected versions

    4:4.0.6-1
    4:4.0.8-1
    4:4.0.9-1
    4:4.0.10-1
    4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1
    4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
    4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High