CVE-2022-24051CWE-134

MariaDB CONNECT Storage Engine Format String Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High · published February 18, 2022

CVSS v3.0
7.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
51.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
7.0 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00662 · 51.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-134 · Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
Published
2022-02-18T19:51Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 FEB 19:51Z
    MariaDB CONNECT Storage Engine Format String Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
    cvelistv5