CVE-1999-1188

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 1998-12-27 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1188, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1188

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P