CVE-2012-3951

high

Published 2012-07-31 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

The MySQL component in Plixer Scrutinizer (aka Dell SonicWALL Scrutinizer) 9.0.1.19899 and earlier has a default password of admin for the (1) scrutinizer and (2) scrutremote accounts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a TCP session.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-20355 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2012-08-08

Plixer Scrutinizer NetFlow and sFlow Analyzer 9 - Default MySQL Credential (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/mysql/scrutinizer_upload_exec rank 600

Plixer Scrutinizer NetFlow and sFlow Analyzer 9 Default MySQL Credential

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
sonicwall	scrutinizer	`{"endIncluding":"9.0.1.19899"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-89

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.