Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-9865 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in PHPmyadmin
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Due to a bug in serialized string parsing, it was possible to bypass the protection offered by PMA_safeUnserialize() function. 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-1415.NASL description 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 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 110945 published 2018-07-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110945 title Debian 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 family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-757.NASL description Various security issues where found and fixed in phpmyadmin in wheezy. CVE-2016-4412 / PMASA-2016-57 A user can be tricked in following a link leading to phpMyAdmin, which after authentication redirects to another malicious site. CVE-2016-6626 / PMASA-2016-49 In the fix for PMASA-2016-57, we didn last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2016-12-27 plugin id 96093 published 2016-12-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96093 title Debian DLA-757-1 : phpmyadmin security update code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-757-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(96093); script_version("3.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-4412", "CVE-2016-6626", "CVE-2016-9849", "CVE-2016-9850", "CVE-2016-9861", "CVE-2016-9864", "CVE-2016-9865"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-757-1 : 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: "Various security issues where found and fixed in phpmyadmin in wheezy. CVE-2016-4412 / PMASA-2016-57 A user can be tricked in following a link leading to phpMyAdmin, which after authentication redirects to another malicious site. CVE-2016-6626 / PMASA-2016-49 In the fix for PMASA-2016-57, we didn't have sufficient checking and was possible to bypass whitelist. CVE-2016-9849 / PMASA-2016-60 Username deny rules bypass (AllowRoot & Others) by using Null Byte. CVE-2016-9850 / PMASA-2016-61 Username matching for the allow/deny rules may result in wrong matches and detection of the username in the rule due to non-constant execution time. CVE-2016-9861 / PMASA-2016-66 In the fix for PMASA-2016-49, we has buggy checks and was possible to bypass whitelist. CVE-2016-9864 / PMASA-2016-69 Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-9865 / PMASA-2016-70 Due to a bug in serialized string parsing, it was possible to bypass the protection offered by PMA_safeUnserialize() function. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 4:3.4.11.1-2+deb7u7. 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/2016/12/msg00036.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/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:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); 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:7.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/12/24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/12/27"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); 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:"7.0", prefix:"phpmyadmin", reference:"4:3.4.11.1-2+deb7u7")) 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 family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201701-32.NASL description The 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 seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 96426 published 2017-01-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96426 title GLSA-201701-32 : phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-32. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(96426); script_version("3.3"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/04/10 16:10:17"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-4412", "CVE-2016-5097", "CVE-2016-5098", "CVE-2016-5099", "CVE-2016-5701", "CVE-2016-5702", "CVE-2016-5703", "CVE-2016-5704", "CVE-2016-5705", "CVE-2016-5706", "CVE-2016-5730", "CVE-2016-5731", "CVE-2016-5732", "CVE-2016-5733", "CVE-2016-5734", "CVE-2016-5739", "CVE-2016-6606", "CVE-2016-6607", "CVE-2016-6608", "CVE-2016-6609", "CVE-2016-6610", "CVE-2016-6611", "CVE-2016-6612", "CVE-2016-6613", "CVE-2016-6614", "CVE-2016-6615", "CVE-2016-6616", "CVE-2016-6617", "CVE-2016-6618", "CVE-2016-6619", "CVE-2016-6620", "CVE-2016-6622", "CVE-2016-6623", "CVE-2016-6624", "CVE-2016-6625", "CVE-2016-6626", "CVE-2016-6627", "CVE-2016-6628", "CVE-2016-6629", "CVE-2016-6630", "CVE-2016-6631", "CVE-2016-6632", "CVE-2016-6633", "CVE-2016-9847", "CVE-2016-9848", "CVE-2016-9849", "CVE-2016-9850", "CVE-2016-9851", "CVE-2016-9852", "CVE-2016-9853", "CVE-2016-9854", "CVE-2016-9855", "CVE-2016-9856", "CVE-2016-9857", "CVE-2016-9858", "CVE-2016-9859", "CVE-2016-9860", "CVE-2016-9861", "CVE-2016-9862", "CVE-2016-9863", "CVE-2016-9864", "CVE-2016-9865", "CVE-2016-9866"); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201701-32"); script_name(english:"GLSA-201701-32 : phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The 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." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/phpmyadmin-4.6.5.1'" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/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:F/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'phpMyAdmin Authenticated Remote Code Execution'); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:phpmyadmin"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/01/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/01/12"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"dev-db/phpmyadmin", unaffected:make_list("ge 4.6.5.1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 4.6.5.1"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "phpMyAdmin"); }