MySQL Enterprise Server 5.0 < 5.0.70 Privilege Bypass

medium Nessus Plugin ID 34727

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Synopsis

The remote database server is susceptible to a privilege bypass attack.

Description

The version of MySQL Enterprise Server 5.0 installed on the remote host is earlier than 5.0.70. In such versions, it is possible for a local user to circumvent privileges through the creation of MyISAM tables employing the 'DATA DIRECTORY' and 'INDEX DIRECTORY' options to overwrite existing table files in the application's data directory.

Note that this issue was supposed to have been addressed in version 5.0.60, but the fix was incomplete.

Solution

Upgrade to MySQL Enterprise version 5.0.70 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 34727

File Name: mysql_es_5_0_70.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: remote

Family: Databases

Published: 11/9/2008

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mysql:mysql

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2079, CVE-2008-4098

BID: 29106

CWE: 264, 59

Detections

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