CVE-2016-6612

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-12-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can exploit the LOAD LOCAL INFILE functionality to expose files on the server to the database system. 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.

Affected products

phpMyAdmin: 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.4.1 (+54)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94113
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-35
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94113
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-35

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