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…

PriorityP420high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.45%

70.3th percentile

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
oracle	mysql	< 3.23.50	3.23.50
oracle	mysql	4.0.0 – 4.0.2	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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