CVE-2008-4098 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 16 years ago

2008-09-18 15:04:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-12-17 20:26:00

Affected Software

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS (Long-Term Support)

6.06

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.10

7.10

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

8.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10

8.10

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04

9.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.10

9.10

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0

5.0

MySQL MySQL 5.0.0

5.0.0

MySQL MySQL 5.0.1

5.0.1

MySQL MySQL 5.0.2

5.0.2

MySQL MySQL 5.0.3

5.0.3

MySQL MySQL 5.0.4

5.0.4

MySQL MySQL 5.0.5

5.0.5

MySQL MySQL 5.0.10

5.0.10

MySQL MySQL 5.0.15

5.0.15

MySQL MySQL 5.0.16

5.0.16

MySQL MySQL 5.0.17

5.0.17

MySQL MySQL 5.0.20

5.0.20

MySQL MySQL 5.0.24

5.0.24

MySQL 5.0.30

5.0.30

MySQL 5.0.36

5.0.36

MySQL5.0.44

5.0.44

MySQL5.0.54

5.0.54

MySQL5.0.56

5.0.56

MySQL5.0.60

5.0.60

MySQL5.0.66

5.0.66

Oracle MySQL 5.0.23

5.0.23

Oracle MySQL 5.0.25

5.0.25

Oracle MySQL 5.0.26

5.0.26

Oracle MySQL 5.0.28

5.0.28

Oracle MySQL 5.0.30 Service Pack 1

5.0.30

Oracle MySQL 5.0.32

5.0.32

Oracle MySQL 5.0.34

5.0.34

Oracle MySQL 5.0.36 Service Pack 1

5.0.36

Oracle MySQL 5.0.38

5.0.38

Oracle MySQL 5.0.40

5.0.40

Oracle MySQL 5.0.41

5.0.41

Oracle MySQL 5.0.42

5.0.42

Oracle MySQL 5.0.44 Service Pack 1

5.0.44

Oracle MySQL 5.0.45

5.0.45

Oracle MySQL 5.0.46

5.0.46

Oracle MySQL 5.0.48

5.0.48

Oracle MySQL 5.0.50

5.0.50

Oracle MySQL 5.0.50 Service Pack 1

5.0.50

Oracle MySQL 5.0.51

5.0.51

Oracle MySQL 5.0.52

5.0.52

Oracle MySQL 5.0.56 Service Pack 1

5.0.56

Oracle MySQL 5.0.58

5.0.58

Oracle MySQL 5.0.60 Service Pack 1

5.0.60

Oracle MySQL 5.0.62

5.0.62

Oracle MySQL 5.0.64

5.0.64

Oracle MySQL 5.0.66 Service Pack 1

5.0.66

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