CVE-2002-0969

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in MySQL daemon (mysqld) before 3.23.50, and 4.0 beta before 4.02, on the Win32 platform, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long "datadir" parameter in the my.ini initialization file, whose permissions on Windows allow Full Control to the Everyone group.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-120

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 11, 2002
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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