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…
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- mitre
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | Medium6.0 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- USN-1397-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 38517 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1107 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-897-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=39277 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091124 Re: mysql-5.1.41 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543619 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 38043 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [commits] 20081124 bzr commit into mysql-6.0-backup branch (ingo.struewing:2744) Bug#39277 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-7205 (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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