PerconaDB Logging my.cnf access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in PerconaDB and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the file my.cnf of the component Logging. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2016-6662. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

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A vulnerability has been found in PerconaDB (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file my.cnf of the component Logging. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 09/12/2016. The weakness was disclosed 09/12/2016 by Dawid Golunski as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at legalhackers.com. The vendor was not involved in the public release. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-6662 since 08/10/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Dawid Golunski in Python and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at legalhackers.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 32 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96812 (CentOS 6 : mysql (CESA-2017:0184)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169171 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for mysql (SUSE-SU-2016:2343-1)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (40360), Tenable (96812), SecurityFocus (BID 92912†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1036769†). Additional details are provided at cve.mitre.org. The entries VDB-4597, VDB-4598, VDB-20222 and VDB-79101 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Dawid Golunski
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Nessus ID: 96812
Nessus Name: CentOS 6 : mysql (CESA-2017:0184)
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: alas-2016-756
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Suricata ID: 2023201
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Advisory: RHSA-2017:0184
Researcher: Dawid Golunski
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-6662 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6662
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91507

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SecurityFocus: 92912 - Oracle MySQL CVE-2016-6662 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036769

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 09/13/2016 09:11
Updated: 11/17/2024 22:42
Changes: 09/13/2016 09:11 (78), 07/17/2019 20:36 (21), 09/16/2022 07:42 (4), 09/16/2022 07:48 (1), 11/17/2024 22:42 (14)
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