CVE-1999-1188

Summary

CVE-1999-1188 is a vulnerability affecting MySQL 3.21's mysqld component. This issue arises due to log files created by mysqld being granted world-readable permissions. Consequently, local users can access these files and extract password information for newly added user accounts within the database, posing a significant security risk.

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