Is CVE-2008-2079 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-2079 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-2079?

CVE-2008-2079 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.6 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-2079

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.6 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 2.6% (85th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-2076)
Published: May 5, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2076 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
mysql / mysql
oracle / mysql

References

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167(Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-60.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-24.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-5.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30134(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31066(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31226(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32769(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36566(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1608(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:149(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:150(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0510.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0768.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1289.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29106(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019995(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1472/references(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42267(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10133(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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