RCE in MySQL

CVE-2005-0709

MySQL 4.0.23 and earlier, and 4.1.x up to 4.1.10, allows remote authenticated users with INSERT and DELETE privileges to execute arbitrary code by using CREATE FUNCTION to access libc calls, as demonstrated by using strcat, on_exit, and exit.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.184 (97.2th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2005-0709: held from 0.184 to 0.184.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.184 · newest: 0.184 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • MySQL — versions 4.1.0, 4.1.3, 4.1.10
  • Oracle MySQL — versions 3.23.49, 4.0.0, 4.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References