01 Record
CVE-2001-0407
Directory traversal vulnerability in MySQL before 3.23.36 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and gain privileges by creating a database whose name starts with .. (dot dot).
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in MySQL before 3.23.36 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and gain privileges by creating a database whose name starts with .. (dot dot).
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-03-09 05:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-05-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0426f375bd5670b5e81b4786df8d0e63ce1b5da4ef3ebc18b30ba2f4ef686ceb
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com2522http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2522
- archives.neohapsis.com20010318 potential vulnerability of mysqld running with root privileges (can be used as good DoS or r00t expoloit)http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0237.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20010327 MySQL 3.23.36 is relased (fwd)http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0396.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commysql-dot-directory-traversal(6617)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6617