Vulnerability Report

CVE-2001-1255

Title: WinMySQLadmin plaintext password in my.ini

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2001-1255.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 02, 2001

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.61%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2001-1255: WinMySQLadmin 1.1 stores the MySQL password in plain text in the my.ini file, which allows local users to obtain unathorized access the MySQL database.

Impacted Vendors

oracle 1

mysql 2

mysqljs 1

Reference Links

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/217848 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7206.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3381 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/217848 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7206.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3381

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2001-1255 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 02, 2001 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.