CVE-2008-4097
Published Sep 18, 2008
Last updated 5 years ago
Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.6
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-264
Evaluator
- Comment
- Per http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29106 this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.
- Impact
- -
- Solution
- -
Configurations
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"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.51a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "BD39950F-FBBF-4505-8FB5-EEF2886095F1"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]