MySQL 5.5.19 and possibly other versions, and MariaDB 5.5.28a and possibly other versions, when configured to assign the FILE privilege to users who should not have administrative privileges, allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging the FILE privilege to create files as the MySQL administrator. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating that this is only a vulnerability when the administrator does not follow recommendations in the product's installation documentation. NOTE: it could be argued that this should not be included in CVE because it is a configuration issue.
Weaknesses in this category are typically introduced during the configuration of the software.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/53372 | third party advisory broken link |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3 | third party advisory mailing list |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4 | third party advisory mailing list |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html | vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/6 | mailing list third party advisory exploit |