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CVE-2016-6663 Details

Description

Race condition in Oracle MySQL before 5.5.52, 5.6.x before 5.6.33, 5.7.x before 5.7.15, and 8.x before 8.0.1; MariaDB before 5.5.52, 10.0.x before 10.0.28, and 10.1.x before 10.1.18; 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 allows local users with certain permissions to gain privileges by leveraging use of my_copystat by REPAIR TABLE to repair a MyISAM table.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2131.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2595.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2927.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2928.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0184.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-52.html	CVE	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-33.html	CVE	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-15.html	CVE	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-1.html	CVE	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/347eeefbfc658c8531878218487d729f4e020805	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/commit/4e5473862e6852b0f3802b0cd0c6fa10b5253291	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-PrivEscRace-CVE-2016-6663-5616-Exploit.html	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10028-release-notes/	CVE	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10118-release-notes/	CVE	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5552-release-notes/	CVE	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40678/	CVE	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/25/4	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92911	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93614	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2131.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2595.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2927.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2928.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0184.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-52.html	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-33.html	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-15.html	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-1.html	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/347eeefbfc658c8531878218487d729f4e020805	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/commit/4e5473862e6852b0f3802b0cd0c6fa10b5253291	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-PrivEscRace-CVE-2016-6663-5616-Exploit.html	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10028-release-notes/	[email protected]	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10118-release-notes/	[email protected]	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5552-release-notes/	[email protected]	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40678/	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/25/4	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92911	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93614	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-362	Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
oracle mysql	>= 5.5.0, <= 5.5.52 >= 5.6.0, <= 5.6.33 >= 5.7.0, <= 5.7.15 8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:8.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
percona percona server	>= 5.5, < 5.5.51-38.2 >= 5.6, < 5.6.32-78.1 >= 5.7, < 5.7.14-8
CPE cpe:2.3:a:percona:percona_server:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
percona xtradb cluster	>= 5.5, < 5.5.41-37.0 >= 5.6, < 5.6.32-25.17 >= 5.7, < 5.7.14-26.17
CPE cpe:2.3:a:percona:xtradb_cluster:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mariadb mariadb	>= 5.5.20, < 5.5.52 >= 10.0.0, < 10.0.28 >= 10.1.0, < 10.1.18
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 5, 2019	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 5, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 5, 2017	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Jan 19, 2017	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 23, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 22, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 15, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]

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