An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can specially craft a symlink on disk, to a file which phpMyAdmin is permitted to read but the user is not, which phpMyAdmin will then expose to the user. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-626-1 phpmyadmin security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1821-1 phpmyadmin security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-2806 An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can specially craft a symlink on disk, to a file which phpMyAdmin is permitted to read but the user is not, which phpMyAdmin will then expose to the user. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6j2v-g9rg-qcm5 phpMyAdmin Local file exposure through symlinks with UploadDir
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:36:28.683Z

Reserved: 2016-08-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6613

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-12-11T02:59:19.580

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-6613

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