Oracle MySQL Connectors up to 9.2.0 Connector J default permission

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Oracle MySQL Connectors up to 9.2.0. This impacts an unknown function of the component Connector J. Such manipulation leads to Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-30706. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle MySQL Connectors up to 9.2.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Connector J. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-276. During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors product of Oracle MySQL (component: Connector/J). Supported versions that are affected are 9.0.0-9.2.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Connectors. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-30706 since 03/25/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/22/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1222 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 234560 (Oracle MySQL Connectors (April 2025 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (234560) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0813). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

• Oracle MySQL
• Debian Linux
• IBM DB2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• MariaDB MariaDB

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Type

• Database Software

Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• MySQL Connectors

Version

• 9.0
• 9.1
• 9.2.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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