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CVE-2004-0835

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 22.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-11-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

MySQL 3.x before 3.23.59, 4.x before 4.0.19, 4.1.x before 4.1.2, and 5.x before 5.0.1, checks the CREATE/INSERT rights of the original table instead of the target table in an ALTER TABLE RENAME operation, which could allow attackers to conduct unauthorized activities.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 3.0
• Mysql: from 4.1.0 through 4.1.2; from 5.0.0 through 5.0.1
• MySQL Server: from 3.20 (excl.) before 3.23.59; from 4.0.0 before 4.0.19 — fixed in 3.23.59, 4.0.19

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MySQL Server 3.23.59, 4.0.19. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=3270
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000892
• http://lists.mysql.com/internals/13073
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12783/
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1011606
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101864-1
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-018.shtml
• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-562
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-22.xml
• http://www.mysql.org/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-0-19.html
• http://www.mysql.org/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-2.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-597.html

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