CVE-2012-5613

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• Oracle MySQL (Windows) - FILE Privilege Abuse (Metasploit)2015-01-13 · remote · windows · Verified
• Oracle MySQL (Windows) - MOF Execution (Metasploit)2012-12-06 · remote · windows · Verified
• MySQL (Linux) - Database Privilege Escalation2012-12-02 · local · linux · Verified

Impact

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.

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Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/6
• http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/6
• http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4