CVE-2016-6664 (GCVE-0-2016-6664)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-13 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:36
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.0 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2016-01-11 00:00
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    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-06-28T06:47:26+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2016-6664",
      "id": "CVE-2016-6664",
      "initial_release_date": "2016-10-19T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "436",
      "product_status:known_affected": "55",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "8",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "mysql: insecure error log file handling in mysqld_safe (CPU Oct 2016)",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-6664.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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