MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.41 allows local users to bypass certain privilege checks by calling CREATE TABLE on a MyISAM table with modified (1) DATA DIRECTORY or (2) INDEX DIRECTORY arguments that are originally associated with pathnames without symlinks, and that can point to tables created at a future time at which a pathname is modified to contain a symlink to a subdirectory of the MySQL data home directory, related to incorrect calculation of the mysql_unpacked_real_data_home value. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4098 and CVE-2008-2079.
2009-11-30T17:30:00.360
2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Deferred
CVSSv2: 4.4 (MEDIUM)
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
3.4
6.4
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | mysql | mysql | 5.1.5 | Yes |
| Application | mysql | mysql | 5.1.23 | Yes |
| Application | mysql | mysql | 5.1.32 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.1 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.2 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.3 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.4 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.6 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.7 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.8 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.9 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.10 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.11 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.12 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.13 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.14 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.15 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.16 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.17 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.18 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.19 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.20 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.21 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.22 | Yes |
| Application | oracle | mysql | 5.1.30 | Yes |