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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 11.41% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 6 December 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Affected
- oracle/mysql · mariadb/mariadb
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 11.4% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/58Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/83Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/424Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53372Not Applicable
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102Broken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883719Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3915Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/58Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/83Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/424Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53372Not Applicable
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102Broken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883719Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3915Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.