CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9849
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. It is possible to bypass AllowRoot restriction ($cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']) and deny rules for username by using Null Byte in the username. 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.
Affected configurations
• 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
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.8
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.9
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.1
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.2
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.3
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.4
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.5
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.6
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.7
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.8
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.9
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.10
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.11
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.12
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.13
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.14
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.15
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.16
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.10.17
• 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
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.4
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.5
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.6
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.6.1
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.7
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.8
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.9
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.10
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.11
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.12
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.13
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.13.1
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.14
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.14.1
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.15
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.15.1
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.15.2
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.15.3
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.15.4
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.4.15.5
… and 3 more
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94521 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html lists.debian.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32 security.gentoo.org
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-60 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94521 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html lists.debian.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32 security.gentoo.org
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-60 Patch, Vendor Advisory