01 Record
CVE-2008-4097
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-09-17 18:06Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-15
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4b45c29a6adda8b2bd2b144bef159b43a98c64eb4f8e1d0a65cb59a00f0b8e42
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:094http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:094
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-671-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1
- secunia.com32769http://secunia.com/advisories/32769
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080909 Re: CVE request: MySQL incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/20
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commysql-myisam-symlinks-security-bypass(45648)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45648
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE request: MySQL incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/3
- secunia.com32759http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:025http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480292#25