Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 10, 2007, 7:46 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2007-5969 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-5969 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mysql mysql_server
2 Mysql community_server
3 Mysql mysql_enterprise_server
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-5969.

URL Resource
http://bugs.mysql.com/32111
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-cs-5-0-51.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-52.html
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?3%2C186931%2C186931
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.mysql.com/announce/495 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27981 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28025 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28040 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28063 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28099 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28108 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28128 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28343 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28559 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29706 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-04.xml
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.428959
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1451
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:243
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1155.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1157.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486477/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26765
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019060
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4142 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4198 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0560/references Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1000/references Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 Vendor Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1999
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10509
https://usn.ubuntu.com/559-1/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00467.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00475.html
http://bugs.mysql.com/32111
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-cs-5-0-51.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-52.html
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?3%2C186931%2C186931
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.mysql.com/announce/495 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27981 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28025 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28040 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28063 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28099 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28108 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28128 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28343 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28559 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29706 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-04.xml
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.428959
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1451
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:243
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1155.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1157.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486477/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26765
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019060
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4142 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4198 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0560/references Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1000/references Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 Vendor Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1999
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10509
https://usn.ubuntu.com/559-1/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00467.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00475.html

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 3 years, 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 24, 2021, 2:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-5969 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-5969 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://bugs.mysql.com/32111
    Added Reference http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html
    Added Reference http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-cs-5-0-51.html
    Added Reference http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-52.html
    Added Reference http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?3%2C186931%2C186931
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
    Added Reference http://lists.mysql.com/announce/495
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27981
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28025
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28040
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28063
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28099
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28108
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28128
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28343
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28559
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28838
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29706
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-04.xml
    Added Reference http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.428959
    Added Reference http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1451
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:243
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1155.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1157.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486477/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26765
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019060
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4142
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4198
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0560/references
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1000/references
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
    Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1999
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10509
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/559-1/
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00467.html
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00475.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?3%2C186931%2C186931 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?3,186931,186931
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 15, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/486477/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486477/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-559-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/559-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10509 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10509 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 10, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-5969 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-5969 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.77 }} -0.18%

score

0.91712

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability