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CVE-2008-4098

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2008-09-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

MySQL before 5.0.67 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 originally associated with pathnames without symlinks, and that can point to tables created at a future time at which a pathname is modified to contain a symlink to a subdirectory of the MySQL home data directory. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4097.

Affected Platforms

Debian Debian LinuxMysql MysqlOracle MysqlCanonical Ubuntu Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References