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title: "CVE-2016-9864\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-9864

Publication date 11 December 2016

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.5 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9864?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted username or a table
name, it was possible to inject SQL statements in the tracking
functionality that would run with the privileges of the control user. This
gives read and write access to the tables of the configuration storage
database, and if the control user has the necessary privileges, read access
to some tables of the MySQL database. 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.

## 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 | Vulnerable |
| 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**

7.5 · High

* Base metrics

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

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.5 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9864)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9864)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-9864)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9864)

### Other references

* <https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-69/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9864>