CVE-2005-0709 describes a critical vulnerability in MySQL versions 4.0.23 and earlier, and 4.1.x up to 4.1.10. Authenticated users with INSERT and DELETE privileges can execute arbitrary code by leveraging the CREATE FUNCTION statement to call libc functions like strcat, on_exit, and exit. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a medium severity, and allows for local privilege escalation with partial impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:4.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.23.49CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:3.23.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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