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A vulnerability was found in phpMyAdmin (Database Administration Software) (version unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Error Reporting. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability (File). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2-prerelease allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by triggering an error.

The weakness was disclosed 05/25/2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at phpmyadmin.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-5098 since 05/26/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91587 (openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2016-712)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168908 (OpenSuSE Security Update for phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-SU-2016:1556-1)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (91587). The entries 87645 and 87646 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

• Database Administration Software

Name

• phpMyAdmin

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

VulDB Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Temp Score: 5.8
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Name: File
Class: Path traversal / File
CWE: CWE-22
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 91587
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2016-712)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 54534
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for phpMyAdmin FEDORA-2016-cd05bd994a
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

05/25/2016 🔍
05/25/2016 +0 days 🔍
05/26/2016 +1 days 🔍
05/27/2016 +1 days 🔍
05/28/2016 +1 days 🔍
06/14/2016 +17 days 🔍
07/04/2016 +20 days 🔍
08/22/2022 +2240 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: phpmyadmin.net

Advisory: d2dc9481d2af25b035778c67eaf0bfd2d2c59dd8
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2016-5098 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1035980

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/29/2016 00:26
Updated: 08/22/2022 12:06
Changes: 05/29/2016 00:26 (69), 12/19/2018 09:16 (10), 08/22/2022 12:06 (4)
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