SQL injection in phpMyAdmin

1) SQL injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU33583

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9864

CWE-ID: CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted username or a table name, it was possible to inject SQL statements in the tracking functionality that would run with the privileges of the control user. This gives read and write access to the tables of the configuration storage database, and if the control user has the necessary privileges, read access to some tables of the MySQL database. 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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

phpMyAdmin: 4.0.0 - 4.6.4

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.15.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94533
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-69

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.