CVE-2004-0457: Oracle MySQL

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The mysqlhotcopy script in mysql 4.0.20 and earlier, when using the scp method from the mysql-server package, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

• Oracle MySQL: up to and including 4.0.20

Published 2004-09-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.