CVE-2007-5969

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5969
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-10 19:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMySQL 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mysql Community Server 5.0.41 All All All
Application Mysql Community Server 5.0.44 All All All
Application Mysql Community Server 5.0.45 All All All
Application Mysql Community Server All All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Enterprise Server 5.0.50 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Server 5.1.22 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Server 6.0 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Server 6.0.1 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Server 6.0.2 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Server 6.0.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

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