Detections
Analytics
Oracle MySQL Enterprise Server 5.0 < 5.0.70 Privilege Bypass
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4743
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 version 5.0.70 or higher.See Also
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-70.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/20
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 4743
Family: Database
Published: 11/10/2008
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 34727
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mysql:mysql
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-4098