Description
The executable comment feature in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.93 and 5.1.x before 5.1.50, when running in certain slave configurations in which the slave is running a newer version than the master, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via custom comments.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Oracle MySQL < 5.1.50 - Privilege Escalation EDB-34796 · remote · Aug 3, 2010 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640177
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-93.html
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=49124
- SUSE-SU-2012:0984 vendor-advisory
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-50.html
- [oss-security] 20111018 Re: MySQL executable comment execution on MySQL slave server (from 2009) mailing-list
- 49179 third-party-advisory