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CVE-2012-5613

MySQL 5.5.19 and possibly other versions, and MariaDB 5.5.28a and possibly other versions, when configured to assign the FILE privilege to users who should not have administrative privileges, allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging the FILE privilege to create files as the MySQL administrator. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating that this is only a vulnerability when the administrator does not follow recommendations in the product's installation documentation. NOTE: it could be argued that this should not be included in CVE because it is a configuration issue.

Published

2012-12-03T12:49:43.643

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

6.8

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-16
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mariadb mariadb 5.5.28a Yes
Application oracle mysql 5.5.19 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel - No
References