CVE-2002-1809: Oracle MySQL

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 16.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The default configuration of the Windows binary release of MySQL 3.23.2 through 3.23.52 has a NULL root password, which could allow remote attackers to gain unauthorized root access to the MySQL database.

Affected products

• Oracle MySQL: version 3.23.2 only; version 3.23.3 only; version 3.23.4 only; version 3.23.5 only; version 3.23.8 only; version 3.23.9 only; …

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.