CVE-2008-7247 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-7247

sql/sql_table.cc in MySQL 5.0.x through 5.0.88, 5.1.x through 5.1.41, and...

Vulnerability Description

sql/sql_table.cc in MySQL 5.0.x through 5.0.88, 5.1.x through 5.1.41, and 6.0 before 6.0.9-alpha, when the data home directory contains a symlink to a different filesystem, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by calling CREATE TABLE with a (1) DATA DIRECTORY or (2) INDEX DIRECTORY argument referring to a subdirectory that requires following this symlink.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mysql
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5, 5.0.5.0.21, 5.0.10, 5.0.15, 5.0.16, 5.0.17, 5.0.20, 5.0.22.1.0.1, 5.0.24, 5.0.30, 5.0.36, 5.0.44, 5.0.54, 5.0.56, 5.0.60, 5.0.66, 5.0.82, 5.1.5, 5.1.23, 5.1.32, 6.0.9, 5.0.6, 5.0.7, 5.0.8, 5.0.11, 5.0.12, 5.0.13, 5.0.14, 5.0.18, 5.0.19, 5.0.21, 5.0.22, 5.0.23, 5.0.25, 5.0.26, 5.0.27, 5.0.32, 5.0.33, 5.0.37, 5.0.38, 5.0.41, 5.0.42, 5.0.45, 5.0.50, 5.0.51, 5.0.52, 5.0.75, 5.0.77, 5.0.81, 5.0.83, 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4, 5.1.6, 5.1.7, 5.1.8, 5.1.9, 5.1.10, 5.1.11, 5.1.12, 5.1.13, 5.1.14, 5.1.15, 5.1.16, 5.1.17, 5.1.18, 5.1.19, 5.1.20, 5.1.21, 5.1.22, 5.1.30, 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4

Timeline

Official Publish: November 30th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.