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CVE-2016-6612

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6612 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, affecting versions 4.6.x prior to 4.6.4, 4.4.x prior to 4.4.15.8, and 4.0.x prior to 4.0.10.17. An authenticated attacker can exploit the LOAD LOCAL INFILE functionality to expose arbitrary files on the server to the database system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring low privileges, with a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0170 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpmyadmin/phpmyadminFixed in: 4.6.4
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpmyadmin/phpmyadminFixed in: 4.4.15.8
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpmyadmin/phpmyadminFixed in: 4.0.10.17

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-fcgm-62p3-f7cmmedium

phpMyAdmin Local file exposure

May 17, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-32
phpmyadmin.net / security/PMASA-2016-35
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94113
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry