CVE-2013-2162

no score yetEPSS 0.4%

canonical ubuntu linux: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 28% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-362
Published: 2013-08-19
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

canonical:ubuntu_linux

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=711600
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/528
http://secunia.com/advisories/54300
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1909-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2818

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