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CVE-2008-2079

MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.24, 5.0.x before 5.0.60, 5.1.x before 5.1.24, and 6.0.x before 6.0.5 allows local users to bypass certain privilege checks by calling CR…

Impact

MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.24, 5.0.x before 5.0.60, 5.1.x before 5.1.24, and 6.0.x before 6.0.5 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 within the MySQL home data directory, which can point to tables that are created in the future.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MysqlMysql
from 4.1.0 before 4.1.24
from 5.0.0 before 5.0.60
from 5.1.0 before 5.1.24
OracleMysql
from 6.0.0 before 6.0.5
DebianDebian Linux
Version 4.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 6.06, 7.10, 8.04

Weakness classification

CWE-264

References