CVE-2008-4097
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.6 · CWE-264
4.6CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
MySQL 5.0.51a 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 associated with symlinks within pathnames for subdirectories of the MySQL home data directory, which are followed when tables are created in the future. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759Advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480292#25Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32769
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:094
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/20
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1Advisory