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CVE-1999-1188

mysqld in MySQL 3.21 creates log files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users...

4.6 Medium

mysqld in MySQL 3.21 creates log files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain passwords for users who are added to the user database.

Exploit likelihood

0.85%Unchanged since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.6

mysqld in MySQL 3.21 creates log files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain passwords for users who are added to the user database.

Record
CVE-1999-1188
CVSS 2.0
4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

mysqld in MySQL 3.21 creates log files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain passwords for users who are added to the user database.

Record
CVE-1999-1188
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-1999-1169 No score

mysqld in MySQL 3.21 creates log files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain passwords for users who are added to the user database.

Record
EUVD-1999-1169
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c8f9-m33j-ppw6 No score

mysqld in MySQL 3.21 creates log files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users...

mysqld in MySQL 3.21 creates log files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain passwords for users who are added to the user database.

Record
GHSA-c8f9-m33j-ppw6
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-1999-1188 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Oracle Mysql, published December 27, 1998. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.85%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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