CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.1
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: mysql community server 5.0.x before 5.0.51, enterprise server 5.0.x before 5.0.52, server 5.1.x before 5.1.23, and server 6.0.x before 6.0.4, when a table relies on symlinks created through explicit data directory and index directory options, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite system table information and gain privileges via a rename table statement that changes the symlink to point to an existing file.
Access Authentication: SINGLE
Access Complexity: HIGH
Access Vector: NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2007-12-10
Last Modified Date: 2018-10-15