CVE-2002-0969
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · Buffer overflow
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
Buffer overflow in MySQL daemon (mysqld) before 3.23.50, and 4.0 beta before 4.02, on the Win32 platform, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long "datadir" parameter in the my.ini initialization file, whose permissions on Windows allow Full Control to the Everyone group.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0004.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0004.htmlPatch
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10243.phpAdvisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103358628011935&w=2
- http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_News.html#News-3.23.x
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5853Advisory
- http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-02-0003.txt