{"id":"CVE-2016-6653","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6653","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:41:25.801Z","title":"The MariaDB audit_plugin component in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) cf-mysql-release 27 and 28 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading syslog messages, as demonstrated by cleartext credentials.","description":"The MariaDB audit_plugin component in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) cf-mysql-release 27 and 28 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading syslog messages, as demonstrated by cleartext credentials.","published":"2016-10-06T10:59:19.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:51:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security_alert@emc.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["pivotal software/cloud foundry cf mysql"],"epss":{"score":0.01363,"percentile":0.71633,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93480","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6653","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93480","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6653","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6653","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."}