CVE-2012-5613
MySQL 5.5.19 and possibly other versions, and MariaDB 5.5.28a and possibly other versions, when configured to assign the FILE privilege to users who should not have administrative privileges, allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging the FILE privilege to create files as the MySQL administrator. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating that this is only a vulnerability when the administrator does not follow recommendations in the product's installation documentation. NOTE: it could be argued that this should not be included in CVE because it is a configuration issue.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-16
- EPSS score
- 31.7% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5499)
- Published
- December 3, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5499 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- mariadb / mariadb
- oracle / mysql
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/6(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53372(Broken Link)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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