CVE-2020-2853 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Oracle MySQL Server versions 8.0.18 and prior, specifically within the Security: Privileges component. A highly privileged attacker with network access can exploit this vulnerability to cause a complete denial of service (DoS) by crashing the MySQL Server. The CVSS 3.0 score is 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and no confidentiality or integrity impact, only availability. There is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is there any evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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