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CVE-2002-1809

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 16.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The default configuration of the Windows binary release of MySQL 3.23.2 through 3.23.52 has a NULL root password, which could allow remote attackers to gain unauthorized root access to the MySQL database.

Affected products

• MySQL Server: 3.23.2, 3.23.3, 3.23.4, 3.23.5, 3.23.8, 3.23.9 (+28)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0185.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9902.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5503
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0185.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9902.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5503

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