CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-1636

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2005-05-17 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-05-17
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

mysql_install_db in MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.12 and 5.x up to 5.0.4 creates the mysql_install_db.X file with a predictable filename and insecure permissions, which allows local users to execute arbitrary SQL commands by modifying the file's contents.

Affected configurations

• mysql mysql 5.0.1 • mysql mysql 5.0.2 • mysql mysql 5.0.3 • mysql mysql 5.0.4 • oracle mysql 4.0.0 • oracle mysql 4.0.1 • oracle mysql 4.0.2 • oracle mysql 4.0.3 • oracle mysql 4.0.4 • oracle mysql 4.0.5 • oracle mysql 4.0.5a • oracle mysql 4.0.6 • oracle mysql 4.0.7 • oracle mysql 4.0.8 • oracle mysql 4.0.9 • oracle mysql 4.0.10 • oracle mysql 4.0.11 • oracle mysql 5.0.0

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-341 Predictable from Observable State weakness

References