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low 3.5

CVE-2010-2008 json

MySQL before 5.1.48 allows remote authenticated users with alter database privileges to cause a denial of service (server crash and databas…

published 2010-07-13 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-2028

cvss
3.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.0%
EPSS 9.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • oracle mysql 5.1.48

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-2008 updated cvss 4.9

mysql: remote authenticated DoS via ALTER DATABASE

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 mysql, mysql-libs, mysql-test, mysql-bench, mysql-server, mysql-embedded
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-14537)

Exploit prediction

9.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-14537 Oracle MySQL - 'ALTER DATABASE' Remote Denial of Service dos, 2010-08-03
  • bugs.mysql.com http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=53804 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41198 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024160 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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