CVE-2001-0407 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2001-0407?

CVE-2001-0407 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Oracle Mysql, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in MySQL before 3.23.36 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and gain privileges by creating a database whose name starts with .. (dot dot).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0407?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Mysql.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0407?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0407 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2001-0407 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0407 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
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• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-44p8-q8mq-gw9f.