CVE-2012-5383
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installation functionality in Oracle MySQL 5.5.28, when installed in the top-level C:\ directory, might allow...
- Published
- Oct 11, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Sep 6, 2013
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 55.5%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installation functionality in Oracle MySQL 5.5.28, when installed in the top-level C:\ directory, might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the "C:\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin" directory, which may be added to the PATH system environment variable by an administrator, as demonstrated by a Trojan horse wlbsctrl.dll file used by the "IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules" system service in Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows 8 Release Preview. NOTE: CVE disputes this issue because the unsafe PATH is established only by a separate administrative action that is not a default part of the MySQL installation
Sources
1Metasploit · windows · Sep 6, 2013
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