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.
Published · last modified .
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 over last 30 days · oldest: 0.114 · newest: 0.114 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mariadb — versions 10.0.0
- Oracle MySQL
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/58 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/83 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/424 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/53372 (Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3915 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
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.