VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2002-0969
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-10-11
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
Buffer overflow in MySQL daemon (mysqld) before 3.23.50, and 4.0 beta before 4.02, on the Win32 platform, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long "datadir" parameter in the my.ini initialization file, whose permissions on Windows allow Full Control to the Everyone group.
Weakness classification
- CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link