CVE-2003-0150

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0150
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-03-24 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMySQL 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Oracle Mysql 3.23.52 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 3.23.53 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 3.23.53a All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 3.23.54 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 3.23.54a All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 3.23.55 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MySQL mysqld Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
'[OpenPKG-SA-2003.022] OpenPKG Security Advisory (mysql)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#203897 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
'GLSA: mysql (200303-14)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
'Re: MySQL user can be changed to root' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-303-1 mysql af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
LinuxSecurity.com: EnGarde: 'MySQL' root exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linuxsecurity.com
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
'=?iso-8859-1?Q?MySQL_user_can_be_changed_to_root?=' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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