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critical 9.0

CVE-2003-0150 in the critical feed json

MySQL 3.23.55 and earlier creates world-writeable files and allows mysql users to gain root privileges by using the "SELECT * INFO OUTFILE"…

published 2003-03-21 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0146

cvss
9.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
44.8%
EPSS 44.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

MySQL 3.23.55 and earlier creates world-writeable files and allows mysql users to gain root privileges by using the "SELECT * INFO OUTFILE" operator to overwrite a configuration file and cause mysql to run as root upon restart, as demonstrated by modifying my.cnf.

Patch / fix

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-2003-0150 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:094
  • Red Hat Linux 7.1 Red Hat Linux 7.2 Red Hat Linux 7.3 Red Hat Linux 8.0 Red Hat Linux 9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:093
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:094

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

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-22340)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

44.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-22340 MySQL 3.23.x - 'mysqld' Local Privilege Escalation local, 2003-03-08
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7052 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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Sources

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