Security restrictions bypass - CVE-2017-3455

 

Security restrictions bypass - CVE-2017-3455

Published: April 26, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12244
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3455
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
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Affected software:

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information and write arbitrary files on the target system.

The weakness exists in MySQL Server due to improper security restrictions. A remote attacker can update, insert or delete some of MySQL Server accessible data and gain unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Server accessible data.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-3455

Install update from vendor's website.

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