CVE-2005-0709
mediumpriority · track · 34EPSS 0.184 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-25209MySQL 4.x - CREATE FUNCTION Arbitrary libc Code Executionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (31)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (30)
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- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2005-q1/0084.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111066115808506&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101864-1enisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-707enisa_euvd
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-19.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:060enisa_euvd
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