Vulnerability in Mariadb

CVE-2012-5627

Oracle MySQL and MariaDB 5.5.x before 5.5.29, 5.3.x before 5.3.12, and 5.2.x before 5.2.14 does not modify the salt during multiple executions of the change_user command within the same connection which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to conduct brute force password guessing attacks.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.114 (95.9th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2012-5627: held from 0.114 to 0.114.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.114 · newest: 0.114 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-5627?
CVE-2012-5627 is a vulnerability in Mariadb, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. Published 2013-10-01.
Is CVE-2012-5627 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.