CVE-2016-5098

Summary

CVECVE-2016-5098
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-07-05 01:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2-prerelease allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by triggering an error.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin 4.6.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2016:1556-1: moderate: Security update for phpMyAdmin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
phpMyAdmin Error Reporting Component Flaw Lets Remote Users Determine the Size of Arbitrary Files on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
phpMyAdmin - Security - PMASA-2016-15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.phpmyadmin.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-32) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Fix possible path existence disclossure · phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin@d2dc948 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710467 Gentoo Linux Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) MyAdmin Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-32)

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