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CVE-2007-5969
MySQL Community Server 5.0.x before 5.0.51, Enterprise Server 5.0.x before 5.0.52, Server 5.1.x before 5.1.23, and Server 6.0.x before…
High7.1EPSS 14.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
MySQL Community Server 5.0.x before 5.0.51, Enterprise Server 5.0.x before 5.0.52, Server 5.1.x before 5.1.23, and Server 6.0.x before 6.0.4, when a table relies on symlinks created through explicit DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY options, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite system table information and gain privileges via a RENAME TABLE statement that changes the symlink to point to an existing file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 26 days later
· 26 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.3% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (41)
- 28343 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200804-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 29706 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.mysql.com/32111 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10509 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 31681 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-cs-5-0-51.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1451 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1019060 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-559-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 20080117 rPSA-2008-0018-1 mysql mysql-bench mysql-server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1000 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SSA:2007-348-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0560 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 26765 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-4465 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 28040 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:1157 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 28099 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28559 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32222 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27981 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4198 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-4471 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-52.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [Announcements] 20071206 MySQL 5.0.51 has been released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:1155 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 28108 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28025 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2780 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?3%2C186931%2C186931 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28838 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28128 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:243 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 28063 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-10-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1999 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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