CVE-2022-24051: MariaDB CONNECT Storage Engine Format String Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High severity · published Feb 18, 2022

CVE-2022-24051

MariaDB CONNECT Storage Engine Format String Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

7.8

CVSS

0.7%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

MariaDB CONNECT Storage Engine Format String Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of MariaDB. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of SQL queries. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it as a format specifier. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the service account. Was ZDI-CAN-16193.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector

Local

Complexity

Low

Privileges

Low

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Fedora · Fedoraproject

34; 35; 36 · source: NVD

Mariadb · Mariadb

10.2.0 before 10.2.42; 10.3.0 before 10.3.33; 10.4.0 before 10.4.23; 10.5.0 before 10.5.14; 10.6.0 before 10.6.6; 10.7.0 before 10.7.2; +1 more · source: NVD

Affected product

Fedora

Fedoraproject

All Fedora CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24051

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24051

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DKJRBYJAQCOPHSED43A3HUPNKQLDTFGD/

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