7 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.118 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.2%
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.
Author | Note |
---|---|
mdeslaur | This is a dupe of CVE-2016-5617 |
legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html
www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html#AppendixMSQL
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-6664
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6664
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6664
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6664
7 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.118 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.2%