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CVE-2001-1275

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-01-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

MySQL before 3.23.31 allows users with a MySQL account to use the SHOW GRANTS command to obtain the encrypted administrator password from the mysql.user table and possibly gain privileges via password cracking.

Affected products

• MySQL Server: through 3.23.31

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98089552030459&w=2
• http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-006.0.txt
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-014.php3
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-003.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98089552030459&w=2
• http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-006.0.txt
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-014.php3
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-003.html

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