CVE-2001-0407: Oracle MySQL

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory traversal vulnerability in MySQL before 3.23.36 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and gain privileges by creating a database whose name starts with .. (dot dot).

Affected products

• Oracle MySQL: up to and including 3.23.36

Published 2001-06-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.