CVE-2018-3123 Details
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: libmysqld). Supported versions that are affected are 5.6.42 and prior, 5.7.24 and prior and 8.0.13 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.9 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-3123
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
2.06 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (79th percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2018-3123
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
5.9 Medium
Products affected by CVE-2018-3123
MySQL 5.7.12
MySQL 5.7.13
MySQL 5.7.14
MySQL 5.7.15
MySQL 5.7.16
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CVE-2018-3123 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
US 33,139 44.46%
CN 20,288 27.22%
KR 2,294 3.08%
IN 2,288 3.07%
DE 1,565 2.10%
BR 1,326 1.78%
RU 1,276 1.71%
SG 1,106 1.48%
GB 1,070 1.44%
JP 863 1.16%

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CVE-2018-3123 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Technology 27,943 82.69%
Telecommunications 5,091 15.07%
Retail 146 0.43%
Education 145 0.43%
Business Services 93 0.28%
Government/Politics 56 0.17%
Manufacturing 42 0.12%
Media/Entertainment 32 0.09%
Finance 31 0.09%
Engineering 30 0.09%

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