CVSS 3.1
7.0 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-6664
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 3.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 87% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-59
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- mariadb:mariadb
- oracle:mysql
- percona:percona_server
- percona:xtradb_cluster
References
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4