CVE-2010-2008
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-77
- EPSS score
- 9.0% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2028)
- Published
- July 13, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2028 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- fedoraproject / fedora
- oracle / mysql
References
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=53804(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-48.html(Broken Link)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044546.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40333(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40762(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:155(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41198(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024160(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1017-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1918(Permissions Required)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11869(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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