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Advisory details: ubuntu_osv / UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5734
Advisory ID ubuntu_osv/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5734
Aliases CVE-2016-5734
Summary phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 does not properly choose delimiters to prevent use of the preg_replace e (aka eval) modifier, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted string, as demonstrated by the table search-and-replace implementation.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added July 29, 2016
Description phpMyAdmin 4.6.2 - (Authenticated) Remote Code Execution
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date July 29, 2016
Exploit type webapps
Platform php
Source update date July 29, 2016
Data source Metasploit
Description phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 does not properly choose delimiters to prevent use of the preg_replace (aka eval) modifier, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted string, as demonstrated by the table search-and-replace implementation.
Note
Reliability:
  - unknown-reliability
Stability:
  - unknown-stability
SideEffects:
  - unknown-side-effects
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date June 23, 2016
Platform PHP
Source URL https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/phpmyadmin_null_termination_exec.rb

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5734.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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physical

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There are no SSVC decisions available.