High severity · published Mar 19, 2021
CVE-2021-27928
A remote code execution issue was discovered in MariaDB 10.2 before 10.2.37, 10.3 before 10.3.28, 10.4 before 10.4.18, and 10.5 before 10.5.9; Percona Server through 2021-03-03;…
7.2
CVSS
38.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A remote code execution issue was discovered in MariaDB 10.2 before 10.2.37, 10.3 before 10.3.28, 10.4 before 10.4.18, and 10.5 before 10.5.9; Percona Server through 2021-03-03; and the wsrep patch through 2021-03-03 for MySQL. An untrusted search path leads to eval injection, in which a database SUPER user can execute OS commands after modifying wsrep_provider and wsrep_notify_cmd. NOTE: this does not affect an Oracle product.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)38.4% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
MA
Mariadb · Mariadb
10.2 before 10.2.37; 10.3 before 10.3.28; 10.4 before 10.4.18; 10.5 before 10.5.9 · source: NVD
PS
Percona Server · Percona
through 2021-03-03 · source: NVD
WS
Wsrep · Galeracluster
through 2021-03-03 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27928
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-27928
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162177/MariaDB-10.2-Command-Execution.html
Issue Tracking
https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-25179
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00028.html
Release Notes
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10237-release-notes/
Release Notes
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10328-release-notes/
Release Notes
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10418-release-notes/
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