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medium 4.6

CVE-2005-0004 json

The mysqlaccess script in MySQL 4.0.23 and earlier, 4.1.x before 4.1.10, 5.0.x before 5.0.3, and other versions including 3.x, allows local…

published 2005-01-20 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0005

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The mysqlaccess script in MySQL 4.0.23 and earlier, 4.1.x before 4.1.10, 5.0.x before 5.0.3, and other versions including 3.x, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or read temporary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Patch / fix

  • oracle mysql 4.0.23, 4.1.10, 5.0.3
  • mariadb mariadb 5.5.66

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-0004 updated cvss 7.9

mysql: mysqlaccess creates/overwrite files on the system

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 mysql55-mysql Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 mysql, mysql-libs, mysql-test, mysql-bench, mysql-server, mysql-embedded Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 mariadb, mariadb-libs, mariadb-test, mariadb-bench, mariadb-server, mariadb-embedded Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) mariadb-galera Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) mariadb-galera Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) mariadb-galera, mariadb-galera-common, mariadb-galera-server
    +2 more products
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) mariadb-galera, mariadb-galera-common, mariadb-galera-server Red Hat Software Collections mysql55-mysql, rh-mysql56-mysql, mariadb55-mariadb, mysql55-mysql-libs, mysql55-mysql-test, mysql55-mysql-bench, +28 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
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References

Sources

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