CVE-2010-2008 EXPLOIT
3.5
LOW · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
MySQL before 5.1.48 allows remote authenticated users with alter database privileges to cause a denial of service (server crash and database loss) via an ALTER DATABASE command with a #mysql50# string followed by a . (dot), .. (dot dot), ../ (dot dot slash) or similar sequence, and an UPGRADE DATA DIRECTORY NAME command, which causes MySQL to move certain directories to the server data directory.
Scoring
| CVSS | 3.5 (LOW, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 9.01% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-77 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-07-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| oracle | mysql |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Oracle MySQL - 'ALTER DATABASE' Remote Denial of Service | 2010-08-03 |
References
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=53804
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-48.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044546.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40333
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40762
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:155
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41198
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024160
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1017-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1918
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11869
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=53804
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-48.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044546.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40333
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40762
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:155
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41198
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024160
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