CVE-2008-7247

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-7247
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-11-30 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionsql/sql_table.cc in MySQL 5.0.x through 5.0.88, 5.1.x through 5.1.41, and 6.0 before 6.0.9-alpha, when the data home directory contains a symlink to a different filesystem, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by calling CREATE TABLE with a (1) DATA DIRECTORY or (2) INDEX DIRECTORY argument referring to a subdirectory that requires following this symlink.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.0 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.1 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.10 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.15 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.16 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.17 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.2 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.20 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.22.1.0.1 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.24 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.3 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.30 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.36 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.4 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.44 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.5 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.5.0.21 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.54 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.56 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.60 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.66 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.0.82 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.1.23 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.1.32 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 5.1.5 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql 6.0.9 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.0 alpha All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.11 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.12 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.13 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.14 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.18 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.19 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.21 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.22 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.23 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.25 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.26 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.27 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.3 beta All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.30 sp1 All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.32 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.33 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.37 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.38 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.41 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.42 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.45 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.50 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.51 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.52 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.6 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.7 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.75 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.77 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.8 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.81 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.0.83 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.1 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.10 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.11 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.12 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.13 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.14 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.15 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.16 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.17 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.18 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.19 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.2 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.20 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.21 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.22 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.3 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.30 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.4 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.6 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.7 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.8 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.9 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 6.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 6.0.1 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 6.0.2 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 6.0.3 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 6.0.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-897-1: MySQL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
MySQL Bugs: #39277: Creation of table with data and/or index files in data home directory succeeds af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.mysql.com Exploit
MySQL Lists: commits: bzr commit into mysql-6.0-backup branch (ingo.struewing:2744) Bug#39277 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.mysql.com Exploit
'Re: [oss-security] mysql-5.1.41' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
About the security content of Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Ubuntu update for mysql-dfsg-5 and mysql-dfsg-5.1 - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-1397-1: MySQL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:011 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:021 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug 543619 – CVE-2008-7247 MySQL: Intended access restrictions bypass af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
MySQL 'sql/sql_table.cc' CREATE TABLE Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisories | Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-12-21Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of mysql as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

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