Information disclosure in phpmyadmin (Alpine package)

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU33609

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6610

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

A full path disclosure vulnerability was discovered in phpMyAdmin where a user can trigger a particular error in the export mechanism to discover the full path of phpMyAdmin on the disk. 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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

phpmyadmin (Alpine package): 4.0.4.1-r0 - 4.4.15.7-r0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:phpmyadmin_alpine_package:4.0.4.1-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.6
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:phpmyadmin_alpine_package:4.0.4.2-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.6
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:phpmyadmin_alpine_package:4.0.9-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.6

External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=abae6704b5ad5fa0ac123378e37f2b81d2585ff0

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.