Timeline :
Vulnerability discovered by Eric Romang the 2005-05-07
Vendor notified the 2005-05-09
Coordinated vulnerability disclosure the 2005-05-17
Reference(s) :
Affected version(s) :
MySQL before or equal to 4.0.12
MySQL before or equal to 5.0.4
Description :
mysql_install_db in MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.12 and 5.x up to 5.0.4 creates the mysql_install_db.X file with a predictable filename and insecure permissions, which allows local users to execute arbitrary SQL commands by modifying the file’s contents.