CVE-2002-0969

high

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.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2002-0958

http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-02-0003.txt

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5853

http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_News.html#News-3.23.x

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10243.php

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103358628011935&w=2

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0004.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-10-11

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01446