CVE-2017-14481

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-05-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

In the MMM::Agent::Helpers::Network::send_arp function in MySQL Multi-Master Replication Manager (MMM) mmm_agentd 2.2.1 (for Solaris), a specially crafted MMM protocol message can cause a shell command injection resulting in arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the mmm\_agentd process. An attacker that can initiate a TCP session with mmm\_agentd can trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

Talos MySql MMM: 2.2.1

References

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0501
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0501

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