CWE Code: 732
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Summary: the installation scripts in the gentoo dev-db/mysql, dev-db/mariadb, dev-db/percona-server, dev-db/mysql-cluster, and dev-db/mariadb-galera packages before 2017-09-29 have chown calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the mysql account for creation of a link.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2017-10-27
Last Modified Date: 2019-10-03