CVE-2013-2162
Race condition in the post-installation script (mysql-server-5.5.postinst) for MySQL Server 5.5 for Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu Linux…
- 1.9LowCVSS base score
- 0.35%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 71% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Race condition in the post-installation script (mysql-server-5.5.postinst) for MySQL Server 5.5 for Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu Linux creates a configuration file with world-readable permissions before restricting the permissions, which allows local users to read the file and obtain sensitive information such as credentials.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 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 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 54300 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2818 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=711600 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130608 Re: CVE request: Debian's package "mysql-server" leaks credential information (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 60424 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-1909-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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-2013-2125 (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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