CVE-2008-2079

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.24, 5.0.x before 5.0.60, 5.1.x before 5.1.24, and 6.0.x before 6.0.5 allows local users to bypass certain privilege checks by calling CREATE TABLE on a MyISAM table with modified (1) DATA DIRECTORY or (2) INDEX DIRECTORY arguments that are within the MySQL home data directory, which can point to tables that are created in the future.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.6/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 5, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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