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High severity · published Oct 11, 2002
CVE-2002-0969
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"…
7.8
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MY
MySQL · Oracle
before 3.23.50; 4.0.0 through 4.0.2 · source: NVD
Affected product
MY
MySQL
Oracle
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0969
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0969
Broken Link
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0004.html
Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103358628011935&w=2
Broken Link
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10243.php
Broken Link
http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_News.html#News-3.23.x
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5853
Broken Link
http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-02-0003.txt
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