CVE-2009-4030
Status: ModifiedMedium (4.4)—
MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.41 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 data home directory, related to incorrect calculation of the mysql_unpacked_real_data_home value. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4098 and CVE-2008-2079.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 4.4
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.43%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 35
- 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 (2)
CWEs
- CWE-59
References
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-41.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.mysql.com/commits/89940
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00005.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125908040022018&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125908080222685&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38517
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38573
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-897-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1997
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/19/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/24/6
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0109.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0110.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11116
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8156
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-41.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.mysql.com/commits/89940
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00005.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125908040022018&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125908080222685&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38517
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38573
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-897-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1997
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/19/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/24/6
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0109.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0110.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11116
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8156
Raw JSON (NVD)
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