Unscored severity · published Sep 18, 2008
CVE-2008-4098
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…
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CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MY
MySQL · Oracle
5.0.23; 5.0.25; 5.0.26; 5.0.28; 5.0.30; 5.0.32; +20 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
5.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
6.06; 7.10; 8.04; 8.10; 9.04; 9.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4098
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4098
Issue Tracking
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480292#25
Issue Tracking
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/32578
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/32769
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