CVE-2012-5613

MySQL 5.5.19 and possibly other versions, and MariaDB 5.5.28a and possibly other versions, when configured to assign the FILE privilege to users who should not have administrative privileges, allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging the FILE privilege to create files as the MySQL administrator. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating that this is only a vulnerability when the administrator does not follow recommendations in the product's installation documentation. NOTE: it could be argued that this should not be included in CVE because it is a configuration issue.

• CWE-16

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/6Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/53372Broken Link
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/6Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/53372Broken Link
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Published

Dec 3, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified