CVE-2008-4097

Published Sep 17, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
MySQL 5.0.51a 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 associated with symlinks within pathnames for subdirectories of the MySQL home data directory, which are followed when tables are created in the future. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1662-1 New mysql-dfsg-5.0 packages fix authorization bypass
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4081 MySQL 5.0.51a 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 associated with symlinks within pathnames for subdirectories of the MySQL home data directory, which are followed when tables are created in the future. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-671-1 MySQL vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:00 AM
Reserved
Sep 15, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 18, 2008, 3:04 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:57 PM