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CVE-2008-2079

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2008-05-05 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Debian Debian LinuxCanonical Ubuntu LinuxMysql MysqlOracle Mysql

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References