CVE-2008-4097

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45648

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/20

http://secunia.com/advisories/32759

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480292#25

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-09-18

Updated: 2020-02-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: High