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CVE-2016-6664

mysqld_safe in Oracle MySQL through 5.5.51, 5.6.x through 5.6.32, and 5.7.x through 5.7.14; MariaDB; Percona Server before 5.5.51-38.2, 5.6.

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1 on Exploit-DB

Summary

mysqld_safe in Oracle MySQL through 5.5.51, 5.6.x through 5.6.32, and 5.7.x through 5.7.14; MariaDB; Percona Server before 5.5.51-38.2, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-78-1, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-8; and Percona XtraDB Cluster before 5.5.41-37.0, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-25.17, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-26.17, when using file-based logging, allows local users with access to the mysql account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on error logs and possibly other files.

Timeline

  1. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-40679

  2. CVE published
  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 16

rhn.redhat.com

seclists.org

securityfocus.com

percona.com

access.redhat.com

security.gentoo.org

oracle.com

packetstormsecurity.com

Exploit-DB

legalhackers.com

debian.org