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CVE-2007-5969

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
10/12/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.10 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.10
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_server:5.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_server:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_server:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_server:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:community_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.0.50 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:community_server:5.0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:community_server:5.0.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:community_server:5.0.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_enterprise_server:5.0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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