CVE-2016-6664

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 High 7
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6664
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-12-13T21:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-01-24T16:09:58
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.5.0 5.5.51
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.6.0 5.6.32
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.7.0 5.7.14
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.5.0 5.5.54
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.0.0 10.0.29
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.1.0 10.1.21
cpe:2.3:a:percona:percona_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.5 5.5.51-38.2
cpe:2.3:a:percona:percona_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.6 5.6.32-78.1
cpe:2.3:a:percona:percona_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.7 5.7.14-8
cpe:2.3:a:percona:xtradb_cluster:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.5 5.5.41-37.0
cpe:2.3:a:percona:xtradb_cluster:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.6 5.6.32-25.17
cpe:2.3:a:percona:xtradb_cluster:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.7 5.7.14-26.17
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/ Vendor Advisory
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40679/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93612 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-18 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3770 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2192 Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.html Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0279 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0574 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539695/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6664
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6664
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:20:51 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:24:41 2016-12-13T21:59Z 2016-12-13T21:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:24:41 2022-07-01T14:11:40 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:24:41 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-19 16:05:54 Analyzed Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-24 17:07:34 2023-01-24T16:09:58 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-24 17:07:34 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated