{"id":"CVE-2005-2573","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2005-2573","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:59.087Z","title":"The mysql_create_function function in sql_udf.cc for MySQL 4.0 before 4.0.25, 4.1 before 4.1.13, and 5.0 before 5.0.7-beta, when running on Windows, uses an incomplete blacklist in a directory traversal check, which allows attackers to include arbitrary…","description":"The mysql_create_function function in sql_udf.cc for MySQL 4.0 before 4.0.25, 4.1 before 4.1.13, and 5.0 before 5.0.7-beta, when running on Windows, uses an incomplete blacklist in a directory traversal check, which allows attackers to include arbitrary files via the backslash (\\) character.","published":"2005-08-16T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:15:14.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["mysql/mysql","oracle/mysql"],"epss":{"score":0.02808,"percentile":0.86412,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.81%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-August/035847.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112360618320729&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://mysql.bkbits.net:8080/mysql-4.0/cset%40428b981bg2iwh3CbGANDaF-W6DbttA","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://mysql.bkbits.net:8080/mysql-4.0/gnupatch%40428b981bg2iwh3CbGANDaF-W6DbttA","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/mysql/2005-001.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21738","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-August/035847.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112360618320729&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://mysql.bkbits.net:8080/mysql-4.0/cset%40428b981bg2iwh3CbGANDaF-W6DbttA","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://mysql.bkbits.net:8080/mysql-4.0/gnupatch%40428b981bg2iwh3CbGANDaF-W6DbttA","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/mysql/2005-001.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21738","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2573","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}