CVE-1999-1188: Oracle MySQL

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

mysqld in MySQL 3.21 creates log files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain passwords for users who are added to the user database.

Affected products

• Oracle MySQL: version 3.21 only

Published 1998-12-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.