Description
MySQL before 5.0.67 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 originally associated with pathnames without symlinks, and that can point to tables created at a future time at which a pathname is modified to contain a symlink to a subdirectory of the MySQL home data directory. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4097.
Published: 2008-09-17
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1662-1 New mysql-dfsg-5.0 packages fix authorization bypass
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4082 MySQL before 5.0.67 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 originally associated with pathnames without symlinks, and that can point to tables created at a future time at which a pathname is modified to contain a symlink to a subdirectory of the MySQL home data directory. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4097.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-671-1 MySQL vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-897-1 MySQL vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1397-1 MySQL vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Mysql Mysql
Oracle Mysql
Redhat Enterprise Linux
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:00:42.841Z

Reserved: 2008-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4098

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-09-18T15:04:27.407

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-4098

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-07-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-4098 - Bugzilla

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