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CVE-2006-4226 json

MySQL before 4.1.21, 5.0 before 5.0.25, and 5.1 before 5.1.12, when run on case-sensitive filesystems, allows remote authenticated users to…

published 2006-08-18 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-4216

cvss
3.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

MySQL before 4.1.21, 5.0 before 5.0.25, and 5.1 before 5.1.12, when run on case-sensitive filesystems, allows remote authenticated users to create or access a database when the database name differs only in case from a database for which they have permissions.

Patch / fix

  • mysql RHEL 4 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1
  • mysql-bench RHEL 4 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1
  • mysql-server RHEL 4 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1
  • mysql RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.30-1.el4s1.1
  • mysql-test RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.30-1.el4s1.1
  • mysql-bench RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.30-1.el4s1.1
  • mysql-server RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.30-1.el4s1.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0152RHSA-2007:0083

  • mariadb104 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 10.4.30-8.5.46
  • lz4 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.8.0-3.5.2
  • python-mysqlclient SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.3.14-8.9.2
  • mariadb-connector-c SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 3.1.22-2.35.1
  • mariadb104 SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS 10.4.30-150100.3.5.10
  • python-mysqlclient SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS 1.4.6-150100.3.3.7

suse advisories SUSE-RU-2023:4991-1SUSE-RU-2023:3956-1

  • mariadb openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.6.4-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11038-1

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-2006-4226 updated

mysql-server create database privilege escalation

  • Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4) mysql 5.0.30-1.el4s1.1, mysql-test 5.0.30-1.el4s1.1, mysql-bench 5.0.30-1.el4s1.1, mysql-server 5.0.30-1.el4s1.1 Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4) mysql 5.0.30-1.el4s1.1, mysql-test 5.0.30-1.el4s1.1, mysql-bench 5.0.30-1.el4s1.1, mysql-server 5.0.30-1.el4s1.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0083
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 mysql 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1, mysql-bench 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1, mysql-server 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 mysql 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1, mysql-bench 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1, mysql-server 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 mysql 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1, mysql-bench 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1, mysql-server 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 mysql 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1, mysql-bench 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1, mysql-server 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0152

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Exploit prediction

3.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/21506 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19559 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugs.mysql.com http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=17647 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

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Sources

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