Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-1374. PoCs published by Andi.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a flaw in MySQL's password authentication mechanism (COM_CHANGE_USER command) to brute-force the first character of a target user's password, allowing authentication bypass. It demonstrates privilege escalation by dumping user credentials or granting admin privileges.
Description
The COM_CHANGE_USER command in MySQL 3.x before 3.23.54, and 4.x before 4.0.6, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a brute force attack using a one-character password, which causes MySQL to only compare the provided password against the first character of the real password.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a flaw in MySQL's password authentication mechanism (COM_CHANGE_USER command) to brute-force the first character of a target user's password, allowing authentication bypass. It demonstrates privilege escalation by dumping user credentials or granting admin privileges.