CVE-2002-1374 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 20.5% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The COM_CHANGE_USER command in MySQL 3.x before 3.23.54, and 4.x before 4.0.6, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a brute force attack using a one-character password, which causes MySQL to only compare the provided password against the first character of the real password.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 20.45% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-12-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| oracle | mysql |
| symantec veritas | netbackup advanced reporter |
| symantec veritas | netbackup global data manager |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | MySQL 3.23.x/4.0.x - 'COM_CHANGE_USER' Password Length Account | 2002-12-16 |
References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000555
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103971644013961&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104004857201968&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104005886114500&w=2
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/042002.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-212
- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-2660.html
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:087
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_003_mysql.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-288.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-289.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-166.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5269
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6373
- http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2002/TSL-2002-0086-mysql.asc.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10847
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000555
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103971644013961&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104004857201968&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104005886114500&w=2
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