# CVE-2008-4098: 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 D

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-09-17 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:094
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480292#25
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38517
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10591
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-897-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32769
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/20
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45649
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1662
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0110.html
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32578

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