THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2015-3152
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2015-3152

Mysql vulnerability

CVSS
5.9
EPSS
7.1%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
Oracle MySQL before 5.7.3, Oracle MySQL Connector/C (aka libmysqlclient) before 6.1.3, and MariaDB before 5.5.44 use the --ssl option to mean that SSL is optional, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a cleartext-downgrade attack, aka a "BACKRONYM" attack.
Affected vendor
Oracle
Affected product
Mysql
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation
Published
2016-05-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 7.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-3152

  • Confirm whether Oracle Mysql is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-3152.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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