CVE-2016-6663

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-6663
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-13 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionRace condition in Oracle MySQL before 5.5.52, 5.6.x before 5.6.33, 5.7.x before 5.7.15, and 8.x before 8.0.1; MariaDB before 5.5.52, 10.0.x before 10.0.28, and 10.1.x before 10.1.18; Percona Server before 5.5.51-38.2, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-78-1, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-8; and Percona XtraDB Cluster before 5.5.41-37.0, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-25.17, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-26.17 allows local users with certain permissions to gain privileges by leveraging use of my_copystat by REPAIR TABLE to repair a MyISAM table.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Oracle Mysql All All All All
Application Oracle Mysql All All All All
Application Oracle Mysql All All All All
Application Percona Percona Server All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MySQL / MariaDB / PerconaDB 5.5.x/5.6.x/5.7.x - 'mysql' System User Privilege Escalation / Race Condition af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
MySQL :: MySQL 5.5 Release Notes :: Changes in MySQL 5.5.52 (2016-09-06, General Availability) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.mysql.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Oracle MySQL CVE-2016-6663 Unspecified Security Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Bug#24388746: PRIVILEGE ESCALATION AND RACE CONDITION USING CREATE TABLE · mysql/mysql-server@4e54738 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
don't use my_copystat in the server · MariaDB/server@347eeef · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
MariaDB 10.0.28 Release Notes - MariaDB Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mariadb.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
MySQL :: MySQL 5.6 Release Notes :: Changes in MySQL 5.6.33 (2016-09-06, General Availability) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.mysql.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
MariaDB 5.5.52 Release Notes - MariaDB Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mariadb.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
RETIRED: Oracle MySQL CVE-2016-5616 Local Security Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: CVE-2016-6662 - MySQL Remote Root Code Execution / Privilege Escalation ( 0day ) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Percona responds to CVE-2016-6663 and CVE-2016-6664 - Percona Database Performance Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.percona.com Vendor Advisory
Full Disclosure: MySQL / MariaDB / PerconaDB - Privilege Escalation / Race Condition Exploit [CVE-2016-6663 / OCVE-2016-5616] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
MySQL :: MySQL 5.7 Release Notes :: Changes in MySQL 5.7.15 (2016-09-06, General Availability) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.mysql.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
MariaDB 10.1.18 Release Notes - MariaDB Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mariadb.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
MySQL :: MySQL 8.0 Release Notes :: Changes in MySQL 8.0.1 (Not yet released, Development Milestone) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.mysql.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
MySQL-Maria-Percona-PrivEscRace-CVE-2016-6663-5616-Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 legalhackers.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
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