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medium 4.6

CVE-2001-0407 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in MySQL before 3.23.36 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and gain privileges by creating a da…

published 2001-06-27 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0404

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in MySQL before 3.23.36 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and gain privileges by creating a database whose name starts with .. (dot dot).

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20718)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20718 MySQL 3.20.32 a/3.23.34 - Root Operation Symbolic Link File Overwriting local, 2001-03-18
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0237.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

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Sources

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