VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-4097

CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-09-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

MySQL 5.0.51a 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 associated with symlinks within pathnames for subdirectories of the MySQL home data directory, which are followed when tables are created in the future. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079.

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