Information disclosure in VMware Pivotal Software MySQL
CVE-2016-0898
MySQL for PCF tiles 1.7.x before 1.7.10 were discovered to log the AWS access key in plaintext. These credentials were logged to the Service Backup component logs, and not the system log, thus were not exposed outside the Service Backup VM.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- VMware Pivotal Software MySQL — versions 1.7.0, 1.7.0.1, 1.7.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95146 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-0898 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-0898?
- CVE-2016-0898 is a critical-severity vulnerability in VMware Pivotal Software MySQL, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2018-03-29.
- How severe is CVE-2016-0898?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.