CVE-2008-7247
sql/sql_table.cc in MySQL 5.0.x through 5.0.88, 5.1.x through 5.1.41, and 6.0 before 6.0.9-alpha, when the data home directory contains a symlink to a different filesystem, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by calling CREATE TABLE with a (1) DATA DIRECTORY or (2) INDEX DIRECTORY argument referring to a subdirectory that requires following this symlink.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (78th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-7205)
- Published
- November 30, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-7205 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mysql / mysql
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References
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=39277(Exploit)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.mysql.com/commits/59711(Exploit)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00005.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125908040022018&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38517
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-897-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:044
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38043
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543619
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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