CVE-2008-2079

MySQL 4.1.0-4.1.23, 5.0.0-5.0.59, 5.1.0-5.1.23, 6.0.0-6.0.4 - Privilege Bypass via MyISAM Table Creation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (33)

Core 33
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42267
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019995
Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31226
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1289.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0768.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30134
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32769
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:149
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-24.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1472/references
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31066
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-5.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29106
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0510.html
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:150
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1608
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36566
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

Scores

EPSS 0.0259
EPSS Percentile 83.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.06
canonical/ubuntu_linux 7.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04
debian/debian_linux 4.0
mysql/mysql 4.1.0 - 4.1.24
oracle/mysql 6.0.0 - 6.0.5
Published May 05, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026