CVE-2008-4097

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.6)—

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.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 4.6

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.85%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 79
Score date: 10/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Oracle — Mysql

CWEs

CWE-264

References

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