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CVE-2006-4227

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

MySQL before 5.0.25 and 5.1 before 5.1.12 evaluates arguments of suid routines in the security context of the routine's definer instead of the routine's caller, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges through a routine that has been made available using GRANT EXECUTE.

Affected products

• Mysql: 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.20, 5.0.22.1.0.1 (+2)
• MySQL Server: 5.0.0-alpha, 5.1.6, 5.1.9, 5.1.10

References

• http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=18630
• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-25.html
• http://lists.mysql.com/commits/7918
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21506
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21770
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22080
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30351
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016709
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0083.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0364.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19559

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