An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can execute a remote code execution attack against a server when phpMyAdmin is being run as a CGI application. Under certain server configurations, a user can pass a query string which is executed as a command-line argument by the file generator_plugin.sh. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92496
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
Source: MITRE
Published: 2016-12-11
Updated: 2017-07-01
Type: CWE-78
Base Score: 8.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Impact Score: 10
Exploitability Score: 6.8
Severity: HIGH
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.6
Severity: HIGH