Oracle MySQL is vulnerable to privilege escalation attacks. A remote, authenticated attacker could insert malicious input leading to the exploitation of the flawed Client programs
component to gain elevated privileges. Successful attacks could result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all MySQL Server accessible data.
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