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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2002-1375

The COM_CHANGE_USER command in MySQL 3.x before 3.23.54, and 4.x to 4.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long response.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 7.5EPSS 23.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 23.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The COM_CHANGE_USER command in MySQL 3.x before 3.23.54, and 4.x to 4.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long response.

CVSS 2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
23.51% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 12 December 2002
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
oracle/mysql · symantec veritas/netbackup advanced reporter · symantec veritas/netbackup global data manager
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%13%25%26 October 2026: 23.51%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 23.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-22085source ↗MySQL 3.23.x/4.0.x - COM_CHANGE_USER Password Memory Corruptionunix · Stefan Esserremote12 December 2002yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.