CVE-2022-21315
Published: 19 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-21315 is a medium-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Oracle Mysql. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Vulnerability CVE-2022-21315 affects the Cluster: General component of Oracle MySQL Cluster in supported versions 7.4.34 and prior, 7.5.24 and prior, 7.6.20 and prior, and 8.0.27 and prior. It is a difficult-to-exploit issue that requires an attacker to have high privileges and physical access to the communication segment attached to the hardware running the cluster, plus human interaction from another party, and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.3 with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An attacker meeting those prerequisites can achieve full takeover of the MySQL Cluster. The attack is limited to the local network segment and cannot be performed remotely without the specified physical access and additional user interaction.
Oracle's January 2022 Critical Patch Update and related NetApp and Zero Day Initiative advisories address the issue through updated releases; practitioners should apply the fixes listed in the cpujan2022 advisory for the affected MySQL Cluster versions. The EPSS score has remained flat at its peak value of 0.1143 with no material rise observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-26540
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
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.