CVE-2008-4098

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

18/09/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

MySQL before 5.0.67 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 home data directory. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4097.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0

4.60

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.15:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.15:::::::*

CVE-2008-4098

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools