Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2016-9847

Disclosure Date: December 11, 2016
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Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. When the user does not specify a blowfish_secret key for encrypting cookies, phpMyAdmin generates one at runtime. A vulnerability was reported where the way this value is created uses a weak algorithm. This could allow an attacker to determine the user’s blowfish_secret and potentially decrypt their cookies. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.3 Medium
Impact Score:
1.4
Exploitability Score:
3.9
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
Low
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
None

General Information

Vendors

  • phpmyadmin

Products

  • phpmyadmin 4.0.0,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.1,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.1,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.10,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.11,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.12,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.13,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.14,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.15,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.16,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.17,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.2,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.3,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.4,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.5,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.6,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.7,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.8,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.10.9,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.2,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.3,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.4,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.4.1,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.4.2,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.5,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.6,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.7,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.8,
  • phpmyadmin 4.0.9,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.0,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.1,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.1.1,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.10,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.11,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.12,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.13,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.13.1,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.14,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.14.1,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.15,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.15.1,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.15.2,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.15.3,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.15.4,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.15.5,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.15.6,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.15.7,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.15.8,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.2,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.3,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.4,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.5,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.6,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.6.1,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.7,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.8,
  • phpmyadmin 4.4.9,
  • phpmyadmin 4.6.0,
  • phpmyadmin 4.6.1,
  • phpmyadmin 4.6.2,
  • phpmyadmin 4.6.3,
  • phpmyadmin 4.6.4

Additional Info

Technical Analysis