Description
mysqld_safe in Oracle MySQL through 5.5.51, 5.6.x through 5.6.32, and 5.7.x through 5.7.14; MariaDB; Percona Server before 5.5.51-38.2, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-78-1, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-8; and Percona XtraDB Cluster before 5.5.41-37.0, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-25.17, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-26.17, when using file-based logging, allows local users with access to the mysql account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on error logs and possibly other files.
Published: 2016-12-13
Score: 7.0 High
EPSS: 54.4% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3770-1 mariadb-10.0 security update
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Mariadb Mariadb
Oracle Mysql
Percona Percona Server Xtradb Cluster
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Software Collections
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:36:29.471Z

Reserved: 2016-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6664

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-12-13T21:59:01.740

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-6664

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-10-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6664 - Bugzilla

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