THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2007-5969
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2007-5969

Mysql Server vulnerability

CVSS
7.1
EPSS
14.3%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
MySQL Community Server 5.0.x before 5.0.51, Enterprise Server 5.0.x before 5.0.52, Server 5.1.x before 5.1.23, and Server 6.0.x before 6.0.4, when a table relies on symlinks created through explicit DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY options, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite system table information and gain privileges via a RENAME TABLE statement that changes the symlink to point to an existing file.
Affected vendor
Mysql
Affected product
Mysql Server
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2007-12-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 14.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-5969

  • Confirm whether Mysql Mysql Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-5969.
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