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CVE-2016-6653

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-10-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The MariaDB audit_plugin component in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) cf-mysql-release 27 and 28 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading syslog messages, as demonstrated by cleartext credentials.

Affected products

• Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Cf Mysql: 27.0, 28.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93480
• https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6653
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93480
• https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6653

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