CVE-2008-4098

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

MySQL before 5.0.67 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 originally associated with pathnames without symlinks, and that can point to tables created at a future time at which a pathname is modified to contain a symlink to a subdirectory of the MySQL home data directory. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4097.

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Sep 18, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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