CVE-2005-0710

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

MySQL 4.0.23 and earlier, and 4.1.x up to 4.1.10, allows remote authenticated users with INSERT and DELETE privileges to bypass library path restrictions and execute arbitrary libraries by using INSERT INTO to modify the mysql.func table, which is processed by the udf_init function.

Affected products

Mysql: 4.1.0, 4.1.3, 4.1.10
MySQL Server: 3.23.49, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4 (+25)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2005-q1/0083.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111065974004648&w=2
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101864-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-707
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-19.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:060
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_mysql.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-334.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-348.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12781

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