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CVE-2007-5969

Date: December 10, 2007

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.

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (44)

Url: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-cs-5-0-51.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486477/100/0/threaded

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28099

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1157.html

Url: http://bugs.mysql.com/32111

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4198

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

Url: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1999

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28128

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28108

Url: http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?3%2C186931%2C186931

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28343

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28025

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00467.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32222

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5969

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4142

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1000/references

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26765

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28040

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/559-1/

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28063

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1451

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00475.html

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5969

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681

Url: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10509

Url: http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.428959

Url: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-52.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1155.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29706

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-04.xml

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28838

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:243

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019060

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0560/references

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27981

Url: http://lists.mysql.com/announce/495

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28559

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2007-5969

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.1
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Authentication (AU):	SINGLE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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Date: December 10, 2007

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