CVE-2022-21280
Published: 19 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-21280 is a medium-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Oracle Mysql. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-21280 is a vulnerability in the Cluster: General component of Oracle MySQL Cluster. It affects supported versions 7.4.34 and earlier, 7.5.24 and earlier, 7.6.20 and earlier, and 8.0.27 and earlier. The flaw is rated 6.3 under CVSS 3.1 with the vector AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating that successful exploitation can produce full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts on the cluster.
An attacker must possess high privileges and physical access to the communication segment attached to the hardware running MySQL Cluster. Exploitation is further complicated by the need for human interaction from a user other than the attacker, after which the attacker can achieve complete takeover of the MySQL Cluster.
Oracle’s January 2022 Critical Patch Update addresses the issue for affected MySQL Cluster releases, and NetApp has published a corresponding advisory confirming the scope for its products. The Zero Day Initiative also released details on the flaw as ZDI-22-084.
The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1491 with no material increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-26505
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability in the MySQL Cluster product of Oracle MySQL (component: Cluster: General). Supported versions that are affected are 7.4.34 and prior, 7.5.24 and prior, 7.6.20 and prior and 8.0.27 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with…
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access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware where the MySQL Cluster executes to compromise MySQL Cluster. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Cluster. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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Mitigating Controls
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