Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
low 2.1

CVE-2005-0711 json

MySQL 4.0.23 and earlier, and 4.1.x up to 4.1.10, uses predictable file names when creating temporary tables, which allows local users with…

published 2005-03-11 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0712

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

MySQL 4.0.23 and earlier, and 4.1.x up to 4.1.10, uses predictable file names when creating temporary tables, which allows local users with CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE privileges to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Patch / fix

  • mysql RHEL 3 3.23.58-15.RHEL3.1
  • mysql RHEL 4 4.1.10a-1.RHEL4.1
  • mysql-bench RHEL 3 3.23.58-15.RHEL3.1
  • mysql-bench RHEL 4 4.1.10a-1.RHEL4.1
  • mysql-server RHEL 4 4.1.10a-1.RHEL4.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:334

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-2005-0711 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 mysql 3.23.58-15.RHEL3.1, mysql-bench 3.23.58-15.RHEL3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:334
  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:348
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 mysql 3.23.58-15.RHEL3.1, mysql-bench 3.23.58-15.RHEL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 mysql 4.1.10a-1.RHEL4.1, mysql-bench 4.1.10a-1.RHEL4.1, mysql-server 4.1.10a-1.RHEL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 mysql 4.1.10a-1.RHEL4.1, mysql-bench 4.1.10a-1.RHEL4.1, mysql-server 4.1.10a-1.RHEL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 mysql 3.23.58-15.RHEL3.1, mysql-bench 3.23.58-15.RHEL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 mysql 4.1.10a-1.RHEL4.1, mysql-bench 4.1.10a-1.RHEL4.1, mysql-server 4.1.10a-1.RHEL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 mysql 3.23.58-15.RHEL3.1, mysql-bench 3.23.58-15.RHEL3.1
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 mysql 4.1.10a-1.RHEL4.1, mysql-bench 4.1.10a-1.RHEL4.1, mysql-server 4.1.10a-1.RHEL4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:334

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. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-25211)

Exploit prediction

1.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-25211 MySQL 4.x - CREATE Temporary TABLE Symlink Privilege Escalation remote, 2006-01-18
  • debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-707 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2005-q1/0082.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.