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CVE-2005-0004
The mysqlaccess script in MySQL 4.0.23 and earlier, 4.1.x before 4.1.10, 5.0.x before 5.0.3, and other versions including 3.x, allows…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.60%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 51% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The mysqlaccess script in MySQL 4.0.23 and earlier, 4.1.x before 4.1.10, 5.0.x before 5.0.3, and other versions including 3.x, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or read temporary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 17 days later
· 17 days 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 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.60% · top 51% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- CLA-2005:947 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- DSA-647 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 101864 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 20050118 [USN-63-1] MySQL client vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 13867 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 12277 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://mysql.osuosl.org/doc/mysql/en/News-4.1.10.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://lists.mysql.com/internals/20600 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- mysql-mysqlaccess-symlink(18922) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0005 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-0004)Record last updated .