VDB
CVE-2016-6664
CVE-2016-6664
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7 HIGH
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 2.97% · 86.6th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
2.97%
86.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | mariadb-10.0 | 0, 10.0.20-0ubuntu0.15.04.1, 10.0.22-0ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | mysql-5.5 | 0, 5.5.34-0ubuntu2, 5.5.35-0ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Sep 12, 2016 PoC Published
- Nov 2, 2016 PoC Published
- Nov 3, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 4, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 26, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Dec 24, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6664 third-party-advisory
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html third-party-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html#AppendixMSQL third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6664 third-party-advisory