CVE-2022-21332
Published: 19 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-21332 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-2022-21332 affects the Cluster: General component of Oracle MySQL Cluster in 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 be positioned on the same physical communication segment as the target hardware and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.3 with high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An attacker with high privileges and access to the attached network segment can exploit the flaw, but successful compromise also requires human interaction from a person other than the attacker. When these conditions are met, the attack can result in full takeover of the MySQL Cluster instance.
Oracle’s January 2022 Critical Patch Update and related vendor advisories address the issue through available updates for the affected MySQL Cluster releases. The EPSS score has remained flat at its recorded peak of 0.1143 with no material increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-26557
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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