An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can execute a remote code execution attack against a server when phpMyAdmin is being run as a CGI application. Under certain server configurations, a user can pass a query string which is executed as a command-line argument by the file generator_plugin.sh. 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-2016-7538 An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can execute a remote code execution attack against a server when phpMyAdmin is being run as a CGI application. Under certain server configurations, a user can pass a query string which is executed as a command-line argument by the file generator_plugin.sh. 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:36:29.029Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-6631

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-12-11T02:59:40.740

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

Link: CVE-2016-6631

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