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CVE-2006-4227

37
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4227 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in MySQL versions prior to 5.0.25 and 5.1.12. It allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges by exploiting how suid routines evaluate arguments in the definer's security context rather than the caller's. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating a medium severity with network-based attacks, low complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.5MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-28398 · Aug 17, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1247 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 21,939 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: mysql-0:5.0.45-7.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4Fixed in: mysql-0:5.0.30-1.el4s1.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-4227Moderate

mysql improper suid argument evaluation

Mar 29, 2006

References

bugs.mysql.com / bug.php
Exploit
dev.mysql.com / doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-25.html
lists.mysql.com / commits/7918
secunia.com / advisories/21506
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21770
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22080
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30351
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28442
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10105
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0083.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0364.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/19559
Exploit
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-338-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3306
Vendor Advisory