CVE-2003-0150

Severity

90%

Complexity

80%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Oracle MySQL

First reported 21 years ago

2003-03-24 05:00:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-07 16:41:00

Affected Software

Oracle MySQL 3.23.52

3.23.52

Oracle MySQL 3.23.53

3.23.53

Oracle MySQL 3.23.53a

3.23.53a

Oracle MySQL 3.23.54

3.23.54

Oracle MySQL 3.23.54a

3.23.54a

Oracle MySQL 3.23.55

3.23.55

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