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CVE-2016-6664 PUBLISHED

mysqld_safe in Oracle MySQL through 5.5.51, 5.6.x through 5.6.32, and 5.7.x through 5.7.14; MariaDB; Percona Server before 5.5.51-38.2, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-78-1, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-8; and Percona XtraDB Cluster before 5.5.41-37.0, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-25.17, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-26.17, when using file-based logging, allows local users with access to the mysql account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on error logs and possibly other files.

EPSS 54.39% · 98.0th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
54.39%
98.0th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSmariadb-10.00, 10.0.20-0ubuntu0.15.04.1, 10.0.22-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSmysql-5.55.5.41-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 5.5.43-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 5.5.44-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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