CVE-2017-3523

Summary

CVECVE-2017-3523
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneroracle
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-24 19:59:03 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionVulnerability in the MySQL Connectors component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Connector/J). Supported versions that are affected are 5.1.40 and earlier. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. While the vulnerability is in MySQL Connectors, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Connectors. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. While the vulnerability is in MySQL Connectors, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Connectors.


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Oracle Connector/j All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Oracle Corporation MySQL Connectors affected 5.1.40 and earlier Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Critical Patch Update - April 2017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3840-1 mysql-connector-java af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Oracle MySQL Connectors CVE-2017-3523 Remote Security Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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