CVE-2016-6620

critical

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Some data is passed to the PHP unserialize() function without verification that it's valid serialized data. The unserialization can result in code execution because of the interaction with object instantiation and autoloading. 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.

References

https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-43

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95055

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-11

Updated: 2018-07-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical