CVE-2008-4097

N/A
Published: September 17, 2008 at 06:06 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMySQL Server

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (9)

x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480292#25
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkNot Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/32769
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:094
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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