Critical severity · published Jun 26, 2025
CVE-2014-7210
pdns specific as packaged in Debian in version before 3.3.1-1 creates a too privileged MySQL user
9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
pdns specific as packaged in Debian in version before 3.3.1-1 creates a too privileged MySQL user. It was discovered that the maintainer scripts of pdns-backend-mysql grant too wide database permissions for the pdns user. Other backends
are not affected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0 · source: NVD
PD
Pdns · Debian
before 3.3.1-1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7210
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7210
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/05/msg00046.html
Patch
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/pdns/-/commit/f0de6b3583039bb63344fbd5eb246939264d7b05
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