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.
References
- http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-02-0003.txt
- http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_News.html#News-3.23.x
- 20021002 wp-02-0003: MySQL Locally Exploitable Buffer Overflow mailing-list
- 20021002 wp-02-0003: MySQL Locally Exploitable Buffer Overflow mailing-list
- mysql-myini-datadir-bo(10243) vdb-entry
- 5853 vdb-entry