CWE Code: 59
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.6
CWE Name:  Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Summary: 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.
Access Authentication: SINGLE
Access Complexity: HIGH
Access Vector: NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/PARTIAL/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2008-09-18
Last Modified Date: 2018-01-05