LOW
mysql-server create database privilege escalation
Published Aug 18, 2006
3.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.07%
Description
MySQL before 4.1.21, 5.0 before 5.0.25, and 5.1 before 5.1.12, when run on case-sensitive filesystems, allows remote authenticated users to create or access a database when the database name differs only in case from a database for which they have permissions.
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
- 5.0.0
- 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
- 5.1.5
- 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
- 4.1.21
- 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
- 5.1.1
- 5.1.2
- 5.1.3
- 5.1.4
- 5.1.6
- 5.1.7
- 5.1.8
- 5.1.9
- 5.1.10
- 5.1.11
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
mysql-0:4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0152
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-0:4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0152 |
| 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 does not affect 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.
3.6 LOW NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.07% 0.03067
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03067
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 (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.07% (0.03067) | 87.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.73% (0.02729) | 84.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.03% (0.01033) | 75.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.02% (0.03025) | 77.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.03% (0.01033) | 75.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.83% (0.01832) | 87.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 28, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00478) | 75.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00356) | 71.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 11, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00356) | 69.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 22, 2023 | 0.27% (0.00275) | 64.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 14, 2023 | 0.34% (0.00336) | 67.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 0.31% (0.00312) | 66.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 22, 2023 | 0.36% (0.00365) | 68.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 15, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00384) | 69.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.27% (0.00271) | 62.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.28% (0.02276) | 81.38th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.28% (0.02276) | 79.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.28% (0.02276) | 58.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (27)
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=17647 x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-25.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://lists.mysql.com/commits/5927 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21506 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21627 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21762 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/24744 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016710 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1169 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- 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-2007-0152.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19559 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3306 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-4226 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=203428 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28448 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4226
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10729 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4226
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 18, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 18, 2006
Link CVE-2006-4226
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a