CVE-2005-0004 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the mysqlaccess script affecting various versions of MySQL, MariaDB, and Oracle products. This flaw allows local users to perform a symlink attack on temporary files, leading to arbitrary file overwrites or unauthorized reading of temporary data. With a CVSS score of 4.6, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring local access and low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.66CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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