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CVE-2007-2692

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-2692 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in MySQL versions 5.0.x before 5.0.40 and 5.1.x before 5.1.18. The mysql_change_db function fails to properly restore database access privileges after executing SQL SECURITY INVOKER stored routines, allowing authenticated users to gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.0, indicating a medium severity with network access, medium attack complexity, and partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0190 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 1,425 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, 0.1 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 0.1 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-0:5.0.44-1.el4s1.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-2692Low

mysql SECURITY INVOKER functions do not drop privileges

May 17, 2007

References

bugs.mysql.com / bug.php
dev.mysql.com / doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-18.html
lists.mysql.com / announce/470
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
osvdb.org / 34765
secunia.com / advisories/25301
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26073
secunia.com / advisories/26430
secunia.com / advisories/27823
secunia.com / advisories/28637
secunia.com / advisories/28838
secunia.com / advisories/29443
secunia.com / advisories/30351
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/34348
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1536
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9166
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1413
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0894.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0364.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/473874/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/24011
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-588-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/1804