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title: "CVE-2016-9852\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-9852

Publication date 11 December 2016

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.3 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9852?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. By calling some scripts that are
part of phpMyAdmin in an unexpected way, it is possible to trigger
phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the full path of
the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed. During an execution timeout in
the export functionality, the errors containing the full path of the
directory of phpMyAdmin are written to the export file. All 4.6.x versions
(prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected. This
CVE is for the curl wrapper issue.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| phpmyadmin | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Vulnerable |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.3 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.3 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9852)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9852)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-9852)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9852)

### Other references

* <https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-63/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9852>