VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-4338

high
Published 2017-01-23 · Modified 2026-05-13
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CVSS v3
8.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
9.1

Description

The mysql user parameter configuration script (userparameter_mysql.conf) in the agent in Zabbix before 2.0.18, 2.2.x before 2.2.13, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3, when used with a shell other than bash, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or SQL commands via the mysql.size parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
88%
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-39769 local linux
Timo Lindfors · 2016-05-04

Zabbix Agent 3.0.1 - 'mysql.size' Shell Command Injection

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OS impact
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 1:3.0.3+dfsg-1
sid Fixed 1:3.0.3+dfsg-1
forky Fixed 1:3.0.3+dfsg-1
bullseye Fixed 1:3.0.3+dfsg-1
bookworm Fixed 1:3.0.3+dfsg-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
zabbixzabbix2.0.0
zabbixzabbix2.0.1
zabbixzabbix2.0.2
zabbixzabbix2.0.3
zabbixzabbix2.0.4
zabbixzabbix2.0.5
zabbixzabbix2.0.6
zabbixzabbix2.0.7
zabbixzabbix2.0.8
zabbixzabbix2.0.9
zabbixzabbix2.0.10
zabbixzabbix2.0.11
zabbixzabbix2.0.12
zabbixzabbix2.0.13
zabbixzabbix2.0.14
zabbixzabbix2.0.15
zabbixzabbix2.0.16
zabbixzabbix2.0.17
zabbixzabbix2.2.0
zabbixzabbix2.2.1
zabbixzabbix2.2.2
zabbixzabbix2.2.3
zabbixzabbix2.2.4
zabbixzabbix2.2.5
zabbixzabbix2.2.6
zabbixzabbix2.2.7
zabbixzabbix2.2.8
zabbixzabbix2.2.9
zabbixzabbix2.2.10
zabbixzabbix2.2.11
zabbixzabbix2.2.12
zabbixzabbix3.0.0
zabbixzabbix3.0.2

References

CWEs

CWE-89

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

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