CVE-2016-6664
HIGH severity · CVSS 7 · CWE-59
7CVSS HIGH
Summary
mysqld_safe in Oracle MySQL through 5.5.51, 5.6.x through 5.6.32, and 5.7.x through 5.7.14; MariaDB; Percona Server before 5.5.51-38.2, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-78-1, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-8; and Percona XtraDB Cluster before 5.5.41-37.0, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-25.17, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-26.17, when using file-based logging, allows local users with access to the mysql account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on error logs and possibly other files.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)62%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.htmlPatch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.htmlAdvisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3770Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539695/100/0/threadedAdvisory
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.htmlAdvisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.htmlAdvisory