CVE-2008-4097

Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.6)—

MySQL 5.0.51a permite a los usuarios locales evitar la comprobación de ciertos privilegios por la llamada a CREATE TABLE en una tabla MyISAM con argumentos modificados (1) DATA DIRECTORY o (2) INDEX DIRECTORY que son asociados con symlinks dentro de nombres de ruta (pathnames), para subdirectorios del directorio de datos principal de MySQL , el cual es seguido cuando las tablas son creadas en el futuro. NOTA: Esta vulnerabilidad por una incompleta solución para CVE-2008-2079.

CVSS

Versión: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Puntuación base: 4.6

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.85%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 79
Fecha de la puntuación: 10/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

Tecnologías afectadas (1)

Oracle — Mysql

CWE

CWE-264

Referencias

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      "value": "MySQL 5.0.51a 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 associated with symlinks within pathnames for subdirectories of the MySQL home data directory, which are followed when tables are created in the future. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079."
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