RCE in Oracle MySQL
CVE-2010-2008
MySQL before 5.1.48 allows remote authenticated users with alter database privileges to cause a denial of service (server crash and database loss) via an ALTER DATABASE command with a #mysql50# string followed by a . (dot), .. (dot dot), ../ (dot dot slash) or similar sequence, and an UPGRADE DATA DIRECTORY NAME command, which causes MySQL to move certain directories to the server data directory.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.090 (95.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.090 · newest: 0.090 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Oracle MySQL
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.10, 6.06, 10.04
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 13
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11869 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugs.mysql.com/bug.php (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1918 (Permissions Required, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/41198 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/40333 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1017-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-48.html (Broken Link)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)