CVE-2001-0407

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

Directory traversal vulnerability in MySQL before 3.23.36 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and gain privileges by creating a database whose name starts with .. (dot dot).

Directory traversal vulnerability in MySQL before 3.23.36 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and gain privileges by creating a database whose name starts with .. (dot dot).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 23 years ago

2001-06-27 04:00:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-07 16:40:00

Affected Software

Oracle MySQL -

References

20010318 potential vulnerability of mysqld running with root privileges (can be used as good DoS or r00t expoloit)

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

20010327 MySQL 3.23.36 is relased (fwd)

Patch, Vendor Advisory

2522

mysql-dot-directory-traversal(6617)

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