CVE-2016-6664

HIGH

7.0

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.0

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published12/13/2016

Last Modified5/6/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

mariadb:mariadboracle:mysqlpercona:percona_serverpercona:xtradb_cluster

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

References

http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3770(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539695/100/0/threaded(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93612(cve@mitre.org)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2192(cve@mitre.org)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0279(cve@mitre.org)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0574(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-18(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40679/(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/(cve@mitre.org)

http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3770(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539695/100/0/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93612(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2192(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0279(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0574(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-18(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40679/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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