CVE-2008-2079
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.6 · CWE-264
4.6CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.24, 5.0.x before 5.0.60, 5.1.x before 5.1.24, and 6.0.x before 6.0.5 allows local users to bypass certain privilege checks by calling CREATE TABLE on a MyISAM table with modified (1) DATA DIRECTORY or (2) INDEX DIRECTORY arguments that are within the MySQL home data directory, which can point to tables that are created in the future.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167Patch
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.htmlAdvisory
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-60.htmlAdvisory
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-24.htmlAdvisory
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-5.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.htmlAdvisory