CVE-2016-6664
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 13, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 10, 2016
Description
mysqld_safe in Oracle MySQL through 5.5.51, 5.6.x through 5.6.32, and 5.7.x through 5.7.14; MariaDB; 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, when using file-based logging, allows local users with access to the mysql account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on error logs and possibly other files.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
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References
- RHSA-2016:2749vendor-advisory
- 20161101 MySQL / MariaDB / PerconaDB - Privilege Escalation / Race Condition Exploit [CVE-2016-6663 / OCVE-2016-5616]mailing-list
- 93612vdb-entry
- https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/
- RHSA-2018:0574vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201702-18vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- 20161104 MySQL / MariaDB / PerconaDB - Root Privilege Escalation Exploit ( CVE-2016-6664 / CVE-2016-5617 )mailing-list
- RHSA-2016:2130vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html
- 40679exploit
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html
- RHSA-2018:0279vendor-advisory
- DSA-3770vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:2192vendor-advisory
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