CVE-2016-6664

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

2.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 87.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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.

Published

2016-12-13 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:36Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-10

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

dae7b1543dd0c580919314a61add8bbc37d5f19e14ceb385bfb5a30a1e592158

• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2749http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• seclists.org20161101 MySQL / MariaDB / PerconaDB - Privilege Escalation / Race Condition Exploit [CVE-2016-6663 / OCVE-2016-5616]http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.securityfocus.com93612http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93612vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.percona.comhttps://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:0574https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0574vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201702-18https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-18vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com20161104 MySQL / MariaDB / PerconaDB - Root Privilege Escalation Exploit ( CVE-2016-6664 / CVE-2016-5617 )http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539695/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2130http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com40679https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40679/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• legalhackers.comhttp://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:0279https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0279vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.debian.orgDSA-3770http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3770vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2192https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2192vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT