CVE-2016-9847 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2016-9847

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. When the user does...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

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

Timeline

Official Publish: December 11th, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.