CVE-2008-4097
MySQL 5.0.51a 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 associated with symlinks within pathnames for subdirectories of the MySQL home data directory, which are followed when tables are created in the future. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079.
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
- 1.9% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4081)
- Published
- September 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4081 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- oracle / mysql
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480292#25(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32769(Broken Link, Not Applicable)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:094(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/20(Mailing List)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/3(Mailing List)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45648(VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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