Plain Text Storage of MySQL Password in WinMySQLadmin 1.1 Allows Unauthorized Access

Plain Text Storage of MySQL Password in WinMySQLadmin 1.1 Allows Unauthorized Access

CVE-2001-1255 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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