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CVE-2016-5098

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.3)—

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2-prerelease allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by triggering an error.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Opensuse — OpensusePhpmyadmin — Phpmyadmin

CWEs

References

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