VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-2079

CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.59%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-05-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.24, 5.0.x before 5.0.60, 5.1.x before 5.1.24, and 6.0.x before 6.0.5 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 within the MySQL home data directory, which can point to tables that are created in the future.

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