CVE-2007-5969

Public Exploit

Description

MySQL Community Server 5.0.x before 5.0.51, Enterprise Server 5.0.x before 5.0.52, Server 5.1.x before 5.1.23, and Server 6.0.x before 6.0.4, when a table relies on symlinks created through explicit DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY options, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite system table information and gain privileges via a RENAME TABLE statement that changes the symlink to point to an existing file.

Category

7.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.28% Top 25%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/28343 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-04.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29706 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://bugs.mysql.com/32111
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10509 vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 vdb entry patch
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-cs-5-0-51.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1451 vendor advisory
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019060 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4142 vdb entry vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/559-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486477/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1000/references vdb entry vendor advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.428959 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0560/references vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26765 vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00467.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28040 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1157.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28099 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28559 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27981 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4198 vdb entry vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00475.html vendor advisory
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-52.html
http://lists.mysql.com/announce/495 mailing list exploit vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1155.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28108 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28025 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?3%2C186931%2C186931
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28128 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:243 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28063 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1999

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5969?
CVE-2007-5969 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5969?
To fix CVE-2007-5969, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-5969 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-5969 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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