CVE-2008-2079

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 9
Modified
Published: 05 May 2008, 16:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 08:49

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
4.6 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.53% LOW
1% probability -0.03%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

05 May 2008, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 08:49
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.24, 5.0.x before 5.0.60, 5.1.x before 5.1.24, and 6.0.x before 6.0.5 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 within the MySQL home data directory, which can point to tables that are created in the future.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.53%• Percentile: 68%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    6.06 | 7.10 | 8.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    4.0

  • mysql•mysql

    ≥ 4.1.0, < 4.1.24 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.60 | ≥ 5.1.0, < 5.1.24

  • oracle•mysql

    ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.0.5

References (33)