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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-5613 · published 3 December 2012

CVE-2012-5613: Mariadb vulnerability

Mariadb · Mariadb

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.

6.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 32% · top 1.8% CWE-16 · CWE-16
6.0CVSS 2.0 base score
32%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/6 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/53372 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/6 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/53372 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-5613), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.