LOW
MySQL improper permission revocation
Published Aug 9, 2006
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.74%
Description
MySQL 4.1 before 4.1.21 and 5.0 before 5.0.24 allows a local user to access a table through a previously created MERGE table, even after the user's privileges are revoked for the original table, which might violate intended security policy.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.2
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.8
- 4.1.10
- 4.1.12
- 4.1.13
- 4.1.14
- 4.1.15
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.0.3
- 5.0.4
- 5.0.5
- 5.0.5.0.21
- 5.0.10
- 5.0.15
- 5.0.16
- 5.0.17
- 5.0.20
- 5.0.22.1.0.1
- 3.22.27
- 3.22.28
- 3.22.29
- 3.22.30
- 3.22.32
- 3.23
- 3.23.0
- 3.23.1
- 3.23.2
- 3.23.3
- 3.23.4
- 3.23.5
- 3.23.6
- 3.23.7
- 3.23.8
- 3.23.9
- 3.23.10
- 3.23.11
- 3.23.12
- 3.23.13
- 3.23.14
- 3.23.15
- 3.23.16
- 3.23.17
- 3.23.18
- 3.23.19
- 3.23.20
- 3.23.21
- 3.23.22
- 3.23.23
- 3.23.24
- 3.23.25
- 3.23.26
- 3.23.27
- 3.23.28
- 3.23.28
- 3.23.29
- 3.23.30
- 3.23.31
- 3.23.32
- 3.23.33
- 3.23.34
- 3.23.35
- 3.23.36
- 3.23.37
- 3.23.38
- 3.23.39
- 3.23.40
- 3.23.41
- 3.23.42
- 3.23.43
- 3.23.44
- 3.23.45
- 3.23.46
- 3.23.47
- 3.23.48
- 3.23.49
- 3.23.50
- 3.23.51
- 3.23.52
- 3.23.53
- 3.23.53a
- 3.23.54
- 3.23.54a
- 3.23.55
- 3.23.56
- 3.23.57
- 3.23.58
- 3.23.59
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.5a
- 4.0.6
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.8
- 4.0.8
- 4.0.9
- 4.0.9
- 4.0.10
- 4.0.11
- 4.0.11
- 4.0.12
- 4.0.13
- 4.0.14
- 4.0.15
- 4.0.16
- 4.0.17
- 4.0.18
- 4.0.19
- 4.0.20
- 4.0.21
- 4.0.23
- 4.0.24
- 4.0.25
- 4.0.26
- 4.0.27
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.4
- 4.1.5
- 4.1.6
- 4.1.7
- 4.1.9
- 4.1.11
- 4.1.16
- 4.1.17
- 4.1.18
- 4.1.19
- 4.1.20
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.3
- 5.0.6
- 5.0.7
- 5.0.8
- 5.0.9
- 5.0.11
- 5.0.12
- 5.0.13
- 5.0.14
- 5.0.18
- 5.0.19
- 5.0.21
- 5.0.22
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
mysql-0:4.1.22-2.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0768
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
mysql-0:5.0.45-7.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0364
Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4
mysql-0:5.0.30-1.el4s1.1
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0083
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | mysql-0:4.1.22-2.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0768 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | mysql-0:5.0.45-7.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0364 |
| Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4 | mysql-0:5.0.30-1.el4s1.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0083 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect mysql packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.74% 0.01736
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01736
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.74% (0.01736) | 76.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.74% (0.01740) | 74.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.21% (0.00206) | 40.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00098) | 42.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00100) | 39.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (31)
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=15195 x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-21.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-24.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21259 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21382 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21627 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21685 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21770 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22080 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30351 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31226 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016617 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:149 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0083.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0364.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0768.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19279 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-338-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3079 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-4031 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=202246 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-568 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4031
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10468 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4031
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 9, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 9, 2006
Link CVE-2006-4031
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a