CVE-2006-4227
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 13.6%EU EUVD
MySQL before 5.0.25 and 5.1 before 5.1.12 evaluates arguments of suid routines in the security context of the routine's definer instead of the routine's caller, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges through a routine that has been made available using GRANT EXECUTE.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 13.6% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4217)
- Published
- August 18, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4217 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mysql / mysql
- mysql / mysql
- mysql / mysql
- mysql / mysql
- mysql / mysql
- mysql / mysql
- mysql / mysql
- mysql / mysql
- oracle / mysql
- oracle / mysql
- oracle / mysql
- oracle / mysql
References
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=18630(Exploit)
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-25.html
- http://lists.mysql.com/commits/7918
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21506(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21770(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22080(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30351(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016709
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0083.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0364.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19559(Exploit)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-338-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3306(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28442
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10105
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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