THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-5541
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2016-5541

Mysql Cluster vulnerability

CVSS
4.8
EPSS
5.0%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Vulnerability in the MySQL Cluster component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Cluster: NDBAPI). Supported versions that are affected are 7.2.26 and earlier, 7.3.14 and earlier and 7.4.12 and earlier. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Cluster. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Cluster accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of MySQL Cluster. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 4.8 (Integrity and Availability impacts).
Affected vendor
Oracle
Affected product
Mysql Cluster
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Published
2017-01-27

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 low impact to integrity, low impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-5541

  • Confirm whether Oracle Mysql Cluster is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-5541.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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