CVEs-PoC/2013/CVE-2013-2162.md

CVE-2013-2162

Description

Race condition in the post-installation script (mysql-server-5.5.postinst) for MySQL Server 5.5 for Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu Linux creates a configuration file with world-readable permissions before restricting the permissions, which allows local users to read the file and obtain sensitive information such as credentials.

POC

Reference

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=711600
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=711600

Github

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