CVE-2010-2008

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Published 2010-07-13 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.5

Description

MySQL before 5.1.48 allows remote authenticated users with alter database privileges to cause a denial of service (server crash and database loss) via an ALTER DATABASE command with a #mysql50# string followed by a . (dot), .. (dot dot), ../ (dot dot slash) or similar sequence, and an UPGRADE DATA DIRECTORY NAME command, which causes MySQL to move certain directories to the server data directory.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-14537 dos multiple verified

Shane Bester · 2010-08-03

Oracle MySQL - 'ALTER DATABASE' Remote Denial of Service

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

Fedora Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
13	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 7 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
11.10	Affected	—
11.04	Affected	—
10.10	Affected	—
10.04	Affected	—
9.10	Affected	—
8.04	Affected	—
6.06	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
oracle	mysql	`{"endExcluding":"5.1.48"}`	`5.1.48`

References

CWEs

CWE-77

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.