Vulnerability in Mysql

CVE-2009-4030

MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.41 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 data home directory, related to incorrect calculation of the mysql_unpacked_real_data_home value. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4098 and CVE-2008-2079.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Mysql — versions 5.1.5, 5.1.23, 5.1.32
  • Oracle Mysql — versions 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.1.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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