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CVE-2002-0969

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.45%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2002-10-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Windows.

CVE
CVE-2002-0969
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.45%
Windows

Original NVD Description

Buffer overflow in MySQL daemon (mysqld) before 3.23.50, and 4.0 beta before 4.02, on the Win32 platform, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long "datadir" parameter in the my.ini initialization file, whose permissions on Windows allow Full Control to the Everyone group.