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CVE-2001-0407

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-06-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in MySQL before 3.23.36 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and gain privileges by creating a database whose name starts with .. (dot dot).

Affected products

• MySQL Server: through 3.23.36

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0237.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0396.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2522
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6617
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0237.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0396.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2522
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6617

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