MySQL Community Server before 5.0.45 does not require privileges such as SELECT for the source table in a CREATE TABLE LIKE statement, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information such as the table structure.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-3781 is rated Moderate Risk (43.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.78%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.16% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.62% | 1.78% | +1.16% |
| 2 | 2026-03-03 | 0.51% | 0.62% | +0.11% |
| 3 | 2025-09-20 | — | 0.51% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2007-3781: 1 GLSA(s) (200708-10), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/mysql); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-3781 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3781 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2007-3781 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mysql-dfsg-5.0), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 5. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-3781 |
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248553 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mysql | community_server | 5.0.41 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:community_server:5.0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | community_server | 5.0.44 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:community_server:5.0.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |