CVE-2002-1374 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in MySQL versions 3.x before 3.23.54 and 4.x before 4.0.6, affecting Oracle and Symantec Veritas products. Remote attackers can exploit a flaw in the COM_CHANGE_USER command, which incorrectly compares only the first character of a provided password against the real password, enabling brute-force attacks. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not in the KEV catalog or Hot List, an ExploitDB entry exists, and it has garnered significant community discussion, despite no known active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.22.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:3.22.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.22.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:3.22.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.22.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:3.22.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.22.29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:3.22.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.22.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:3.22.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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