# CVE-2012-4452: MySQL 5.0.88, and possibly other versions and platforms, allows local users to bypass certain privilege checks by calling CREATE TABLE on a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-10-09 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

MySQL 5.0.88, and possibly other versions and platforms, 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 data home directory, related to incorrect calculation of the mysql_unpacked_real_data_home value. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-4030 regression, which was not omitted in other packages and versions such as MySQL 5.0.95 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55715
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860808
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0121.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/1

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