CVEvulnerability

CVE-2003-0150

9.0 HIGH Published 2003-03-24 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2003-03-24
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

MySQL 3.23.55 and earlier creates world-writeable files and allows mysql users to gain root privileges by using the "SELECT * INFO OUTFILE" operator to overwrite a configuration file and cause mysql to run as root upon restart, as demonstrated by modifying my.cnf.

Affected configurations

• oracle mysql 3.23.52 • oracle mysql 3.23.53 • oracle mysql 3.23.53a • oracle mysql 3.23.54 • oracle mysql 3.23.54a • oracle mysql 3.23.55

References