CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-6664

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in mysqld_safe in Oracle MySQL and other databases allows local users with access to the mysql account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on error logs and possibly other files.

Risk Assessment

This threat could lead to unauthorized access to the system, posing a serious risk to data security and system integrity.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of MySQL or other affected databases to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to the mysql account.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

mysqld_safe in Oracle MySQL through 5.5.51, 5.6.x through 5.6.32, and 5.7.x through 5.7.14; MariaDB; 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, when using file-based logging, allows local users with access to the mysql account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on error logs and possibly other files.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS