{"id":"CVE-2012-5627","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-5627","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:20:23.639Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2013-10-01T17:55:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:47:07.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-522"],"affected":["oracle/mysql","mariadb/mariadb"],"epss":{"score":0.11413,"percentile":0.96013,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-12-06","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":38109,"kind":"exploit","title":"Oracle MySQL / MariaDB - Insecure Salt Generation Security Bypass","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38109","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/remote/38109.pl","file":"exploits/linux/remote/38109.pl","published":"2012-12-06","added":"2012-12-06","updated":"2015-09-08","author":"kingcope","type":"remote","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2012-5627","OSVDB-88415"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56837/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/58","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/83","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/424","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/53372","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883719","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3915","tags":["Broken Link","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/58","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/83","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/424","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/53372","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883719","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3915","tags":["Broken Link","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5627","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}