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CVE-2005-0711

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0711 describes a predictable temporary file naming vulnerability in MySQL versions 4.0.23 and earlier, and 4.1.x up to 4.1.10. This flaw allows local users with CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE privileges to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating local access, low attack complexity, and potential for partial integrity impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an exploit is available on ExploitDB, and the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-25211 · Jan 18, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0170 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: mysql-0:3.23.58-15.RHEL3.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: mysql-0:4.1.10a-1.RHEL4.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0711Important

security flaw

Mar 11, 2005

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2005-q1/0082.html
Exploit
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9591
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
usn.ubuntu.com / 96-1
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-707
Exploit
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-19.xml
Patch
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_19_mysql.html
Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-334.html
Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-348.html
securityfocus.com / bid/12781
Patch
trustix.org / errata/2005/0009
Patch