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CVE-2016-6664

Published: Dec 13, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

20161101 MySQL / MariaDB / PerconaDB - Privilege Escalation / Race Condition Exploit [CVE-2016-6663 / OCVE-2016-5616]

mailing-list

x_refsource_FULLDISC

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html

x_refsource_CONFIRM

20161104 MySQL / MariaDB / PerconaDB - Root Privilege Escalation Exploit ( CVE-2016-6664 / CVE-2016-5617 )

mailing-list

x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html

x_refsource_MISC

exploit

x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html

x_refsource_MISC

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

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