CVE-2005-1636: MySQL

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

mysql_install_db in MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.12 and 5.x up to 5.0.4 creates the mysql_install_db.X file with a predictable filename and insecure permissions, which allows local users to execute arbitrary SQL commands by modifying the file's contents.

Affected products

• MySQL MySQL: version 5.0.1 only; version 5.0.2 only; version 5.0.3 only; version 5.0.4 only
• Oracle MySQL: version 4.0.0 only; version 4.0.1 only; version 4.0.2 only; version 4.0.3 only; version 4.0.4 only; version 4.0.5 only; …

Published 2005-05-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.