CVE-2010-2008
MySQL before 5.1.48 allows remote authenticated users with alter database privileges to cause a denial of service (server crash and…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
MySQL before 5.1.48 allows remote authenticated users with alter database privileges to cause a denial of service (server crash and database loss) via an ALTER DATABASE command with a #mysql50# string followed by a . (dot), .. (dot dot), ../ (dot dot slash) or similar sequence, and an UPGRADE DATA DIRECTORY NAME command, which causes MySQL to move certain directories to the server data directory.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 53 days later
· 53 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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 | Low3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.0% · top 4.7% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- USN-1397-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11869 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=53804 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1918 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 41198 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1024160 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 40333 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1017-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-48.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:155 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 40762 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-11135 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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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