CVE-2005-0709
MySQL 4.0.23 and earlier, and 4.1.x up to 4.1.10, allows remote authenticated users with INSERT and DELETE privileges to execute arbitrary…
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- redhat
Description
MySQL 4.0.23 and earlier, and 4.1.x up to 4.1.10, allows remote authenticated users with INSERT and DELETE privileges to execute arbitrary code by using CREATE FUNCTION to access libc calls, as demonstrated by using strcat, on_exit, and exit.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Exploit-DB1 entry
- MySQL 4.x - CREATE FUNCTION Arbitrary libc Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25209remote, multiplepublished 11 Mar 2005Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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)
- 17.8% · top 2.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- 2005-0009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- DSA-707 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20050310 Mysql CREATE FUNCTION libc arbitrary code execution. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20050310 Mysql CREATE FUNCTION libc arbitrary code execution. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:334 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 101864 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-96-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:348 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2005-08-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- GLSA-200503-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10479 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2005-08-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 12781 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2005-0710 (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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