CVE-2005-0711

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% 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, uses predictable file names when creating temporary tables, which allows local users with CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE privileges to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

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-q1/0082.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
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
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0009/

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