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CVE-2002-1374
The COM_CHANGE_USER command in MySQL 3.x before 3.23.54, and 4.x before 4.0.6, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a brute…
High7.5EPSS 20.5%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The COM_CHANGE_USER command in MySQL 3.x before 3.23.54, and 4.x before 4.0.6, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a brute force attack using a one-character password, which causes MySQL to only compare the provided password against the first character of the real password.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 21 months later
· 21 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 20.5% · top 2.5% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- 20021212 Advisory 04/2002: Multiple MySQL vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20021216 [OpenPKG-SA-2002.013] OpenPKG Security Advisory (mysql) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- CLSA-2002:555 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- ESA-20021213-033 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_ENGARDEx_transferred
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/042002.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-212 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:288 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2002:087 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:166 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- mysql-comchangeuser-password-bypass(10847) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- GLSA-200212-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2003:003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:289 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 2002-0086 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- 6373 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- IMNX-2003-7+-008-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_IMMUNIXx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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