{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6609","details":"An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A specially crafted database name could be used to run arbitrary PHP commands through the array export feature. 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.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:57:18.463535Z","published":"2016-12-11T02:59:00Z","related":["USN-4843-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-6609"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6609"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-32/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6609"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4843-1"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"phpmyadmin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/phpmyadmin@4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm3?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm3"}]}],"versions":["4:4.0.6-1","4:4.0.8-1","4:4.0.9-1","4:4.0.10-1","4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1","4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm1","4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm3","binary_name":"phpmyadmin"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6609.json"}},{"package":{"name":"phpmyadmin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/phpmyadmin@4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm5?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm5"}]}],"versions":["4:4.4.13.1-1","4:4.5.0.2-2","4:4.5.1-1","4:4.5.1-2","4:4.5.1-3","4:4.5.2-1","4:4.5.2-2","4:4.5.3.1-1","4:4.5.4-1","4:4.5.4.1-2","4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu1","4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2","4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1","4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm2","4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm3","4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm5","binary_name":"phpmyadmin"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6609.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}