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CVE-2002-0969

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2002-10-11 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft WindowsOracle Mysql

Weakness Type

CWE-120

References