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CVE-2002-0969

HIGH

7.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published10/11/2002

Last Modified4/16/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

microsoft:windowsoracle:mysql

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-120

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0004.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103358628011935&w=2(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10243.php(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_News.html#News-3.23.x(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5853(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-02-0003.txt(cve@mitre.org)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0004.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103358628011935&w=2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10243.php(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_News.html#News-3.23.x(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5853(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-02-0003.txt(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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