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CVE-2007-5969 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://bugs.mysql.com/32111 CVE
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html CVE
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-cs-5-0-51.html CVE
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-52.html CVE
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?3%2C186931%2C186931 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mysql mysql server
5.1.22
6.0
6.0.1
6.0.2
6.0.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_server:5.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_server:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_server:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_server:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mysql community server
<= 5.0.50
5.0.41
5.0.44
5.0.45

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mysql:community_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mysql:community_server:5.0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mysql:community_server:5.0.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mysql:community_server:5.0.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mysql mysql enterprise server
5.0.50

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_enterprise_server:5.0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-5969
NVD Published Date:
Dec 10, 2007
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]