Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-6616 - SQL Injection vulnerability in PHPmyadmin

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
phpmyadmin
CWE-89
nessus

Summary

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. In the "User group" and "Designer" features, a user can execute an SQL injection attack against the account of the control user. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4) and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8) are affected.

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.
  • Object Relational Mapping Injection
    An attacker leverages a weakness present in the database access layer code generated with an Object Relational Mapping (ORM) tool or a weakness in the way that a developer used a persistence framework to inject his or her own SQL commands to be executed against the underlying database. The attack here is similar to plain SQL injection, except that the application does not use JDBC to directly talk to the database, but instead it uses a data access layer generated by an ORM tool or framework (e.g. Hibernate). While most of the time code generated by an ORM tool contains safe access methods that are immune to SQL injection, sometimes either due to some weakness in the generated code or due to the fact that the developer failed to use the generated access methods properly, SQL injection is still possible.
  • SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering
    An attacker modifies the parameters of the SOAP message that is sent from the service consumer to the service provider to initiate a SQL injection attack. On the service provider side, the SOAP message is parsed and parameters are not properly validated before being used to access a database in a way that does not use parameter binding, thus enabling the attacker to control the structure of the executed SQL query. This pattern describes a SQL injection attack with the delivery mechanism being a SOAP message.
  • Expanding Control over the Operating System from the Database
    An attacker is able to leverage access gained to the database to read / write data to the file system, compromise the operating system, create a tunnel for accessing the host machine, and use this access to potentially attack other machines on the same network as the database machine. Traditionally SQL injections attacks are viewed as a way to gain unauthorized read access to the data stored in the database, modify the data in the database, delete the data, etc. However, almost every data base management system (DBMS) system includes facilities that if compromised allow an attacker complete access to the file system, operating system, and full access to the host running the database. The attacker can then use this privileged access to launch subsequent attacks. These facilities include dropping into a command shell, creating user defined functions that can call system level libraries present on the host machine, stored procedures, etc.
  • SQL Injection
    This attack exploits target software that constructs SQL statements based on user input. An attacker crafts input strings so that when the target software constructs SQL statements based on the input, the resulting SQL statement performs actions other than those the application intended. SQL Injection results from failure of the application to appropriately validate input. When specially crafted user-controlled input consisting of SQL syntax is used without proper validation as part of SQL queries, it is possible to glean information from the database in ways not envisaged during application design. Depending upon the database and the design of the application, it may also be possible to leverage injection to have the database execute system-related commands of the attackers' choice. SQL Injection enables an attacker to talk directly to the database, thus bypassing the application completely. Successful injection can cause information disclosure as well as ability to add or modify data in the database. In order to successfully inject SQL and retrieve information from a database, an attacker:

Nessus

  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-1415.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities were found in phpMyAdmin, the web-based MySQL administration interface, including SQL injection attacks, denial of service, arbitrary code execution, cross-site scripting, server-side request forgery, authentication bypass, and file system traversal. For Debian 8
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id110945
    published2018-07-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110945
    titleDebian DLA-1415-1 : phpmyadmin security update
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-1415-1. The text
    # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(110945);
      script_version("1.3");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/08/08 12:52:14");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2016-6609", "CVE-2016-6614", "CVE-2016-6615", "CVE-2016-6616", "CVE-2016-6618", "CVE-2016-6619", "CVE-2016-6620", "CVE-2016-6621", "CVE-2016-6622", "CVE-2016-9865", "CVE-2017-18264");
    
      script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1415-1 : phpmyadmin security update");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Several vulnerabilities were found in phpMyAdmin, the web-based MySQL
    administration interface, including SQL injection attacks, denial of
    service, arbitrary code execution, cross-site scripting, server-side
    request forgery, authentication bypass, and file system traversal.
    
    For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version
    4:4.2.12-2+deb8u3.
    
    We recommend that you upgrade your phpmyadmin packages.
    
    NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description
    block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted
    to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without
    introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/phpmyadmin"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Upgrade the affected phpmyadmin package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:phpmyadmin");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/07/06");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/07/09");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("debian_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"phpmyadmin", reference:"4:4.2.12-2+deb8u3")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyCGI abuses
    NASL idPHPMYADMIN_PMASA_2016_29.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its self-reported version number, the phpMyAdmin application hosted on the remote web server is 4.0.x prior to 4.0.10.17, 4.4.x prior to 4.4.15.8, or 4.6.x prior to 4.6.4. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An information disclosure vulnerability exists due to the use of an algorithm that is vulnerable to padding oracle attacks. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to decrypt information without the key, resulting in the disclosure of usernames and passwords. (CVE-2016-6606) - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the replication_gui.lib.php script due to improper validation of user-supplied input to the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id95027
    published2016-11-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95027
    titlephpMyAdmin 4.0.x < 4.0.10.17 / 4.4.x < 4.4.15.8 / 4.6.x < 4.6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (PMASA-2016-29 - PMASA-2016-56)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2016-1021.NASL
    descriptionphpMyAdmin was updated to version 4.4.15.8 (2016-08-16) to fix the following issues : - Upstream changelog for 4.4.15.8 : - Improve session cookie code for openid.php and signon.php example files - Full path disclosure in openid.php and signon.php example files - Unsafe generation of BlowfishSecret (when not supplied by the user) - Referrer leak when phpinfo is enabled - Use HTTPS for wiki links - Improve SSL certificate handling - Fix full path disclosure in debugging code - Administrators could trigger SQL injection attack against users - other fixes - Remove Swekey support - Security fixes: https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/ - Weaknesses with cookie encryption see PMASA-2016-29 (CVE-2016-6606, CWE-661) - Multiple XSS vulnerabilities see PMASA-2016-30 (CVE-2016-6607, CWE-661) - Multiple XSS vulnerabilities see PMASA-2016-31 (CVE-2016-6608, CWE-661) - PHP code injection see PMASA-2016-32 (CVE-2016-6609, CWE-661) - Full path disclosure see PMASA-2016-33 (CVE-2016-6610, CWE-661) - SQL injection attack see PMASA-2016-34 (CVE-2016-6611, CWE-661) - Local file exposure through LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE see PMASA-2016-35 (CVE-2016-6612, CWE-661) - Local file exposure through symlinks with UploadDir see PMASA-2016-36 (CVE-2016-6613, CWE-661) - Path traversal with SaveDir and UploadDir see PMASA-2016-37 (CVE-2016-6614, CWE-661) - Multiple XSS vulnerabilities see PMASA-2016-38 (CVE-2016-6615, CWE-661) - SQL injection vulnerability as control user see PMASA-2016-39 (CVE-2016-6616, CWE-661) - SQL injection vulnerability see PMASA-2016-40 (CVE-2016-6617, CWE-661) - Denial-of-service attack through transformation feature see PMASA-2016-41 (CVE-2016-6618, CWE-661) - SQL injection vulnerability as control user see PMASA-2016-42 (CVE-2016-6619, CWE-661) - Verify data before unserializing see PMASA-2016-43 (CVE-2016-6620, CWE-661) - SSRF in setup script see PMASA-2016-44 (CVE-2016-6621, CWE-661) - Denial-of-service attack with $cfg[
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-08-30
    plugin id93212
    published2016-08-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/93212
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2016-1021)
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_EF70B201645D11E69CDC6805CA0B3D42.NASL
    descriptionThe phpmyadmin development team reports : Weakness with cookie encryption Multiple XSS vulnerabilities Multiple XSS vulnerabilities PHP code injection Full path disclosure SQL injection attack Local file exposure Local file exposure through symlinks with UploadDir Path traversal with SaveDir and UploadDir Multiple XSS vulnerabilities SQL injection attack SQL injection attack Denial of service (DOS) attack in transformation feature SQL injection attack as control user Unvalidated data passed to unserialize() DOS attack with forced persistent connections Denial of service (DOS) attack by for loops IPv6 and proxy server IP-based authentication rule circumvention Detect if user is logged in Bypass URL redirect protection Referrer leak in url.php Reflected File Download attack ArbitraryServerRegexp bypass Denial of service (DOS) attack by changing password to a very long string Remote code execution vulnerability when run as CGI Summary Denial of service (DOS) attack with dbase extension Remote code execution vulnerability when PHP is running with dbase extension
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id93024
    published2016-08-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/93024
    titleFreeBSD : phpmyadmin -- multiple vulnerabilities (ef70b201-645d-11e6-9cdc-6805ca0b3d42)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201701-32.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-32 (phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpMyAdmin. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A authenticated remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary PHP Code, inject SQL code, or to conduct Cross-Site Scripting attacks. In certain configurations, an unauthenticated remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id96426
    published2017-01-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96426
    titleGLSA-201701-32 : phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2016-1027.NASL
    descriptionThis phpMyAdmin update to version 4.4.15.8 fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - Improve session cookie code for openid.php and signon.php example files - Full path disclosure in openid.php and signon.php example files - Unsafe generation of BlowfishSecret (when not supplied by the user) - Referrer leak when phpinfo is enabled - Use HTTPS for wiki links - Improve SSL certificate handling - Fix full path disclosure in debugging code - Administrators could trigger SQL injection attack against users - Weaknesses with cookie encryption see PMASA-2016-29 (CVE-2016-6606, CWE-661) - Multiple XSS vulnerabilities see PMASA-2016-30 (CVE-2016-6607, CWE-661) - Multiple XSS vulnerabilities see PMASA-2016-31 (CVE-2016-6608, CWE-661) - PHP code injection see PMASA-2016-32 (CVE-2016-6609, CWE-661) - Full path disclosure see PMASA-2016-33 (CVE-2016-6610, CWE-661) - SQL injection attack see PMASA-2016-34 (CVE-2016-6611, CWE-661) - Local file exposure through LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE see PMASA-2016-35 (CVE-2016-6612, CWE-661) - Local file exposure through symlinks with UploadDir see PMASA-2016-36 (CVE-2016-6613, CWE-661) - Path traversal with SaveDir and UploadDir see PMASA-2016-37 (CVE-2016-6614, CWE-661) - Multiple XSS vulnerabilities see PMASA-2016-38 (CVE-2016-6615, CWE-661) - SQL injection vulnerability as control user see PMASA-2016-39 (CVE-2016-6616, CWE-661) - SQL injection vulnerability see PMASA-2016-40 (CVE-2016-6617, CWE-661) - Denial-of-service attack through transformation feature see PMASA-2016-41 (CVE-2016-6618, CWE-661) - SQL injection vulnerability as control user see PMASA-2016-42 (CVE-2016-6619, CWE-661) - Verify data before unserializing see PMASA-2016-43 (CVE-2016-6620, CWE-661) - SSRF in setup script see PMASA-2016-44 (CVE-2016-6621, CWE-661) - Denial-of-service attack with $cfg[
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-08-30
    plugin id93214
    published2016-08-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/93214
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2016-1027)