HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2004-0835

Mysql vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
22.4%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
MySQL 3.x before 3.23.59, 4.x before 4.0.19, 4.1.x before 4.1.2, and 5.x before 5.0.1, checks the CREATE/INSERT rights of the original table instead of the target table in an ALTER TABLE RENAME operation, which could allow attackers to conduct unauthorized activities.
Affected vendor
Mysql
Affected product
Mysql
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2004-11-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 22.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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