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medium 4.6

CVE-2008-4098 json

MySQL before 5.0.67 allows local users to bypass certain privilege checks by calling CREATE TABLE on a MyISAM table with modified (1) DATA…

published 2008-09-17 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4082

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

MySQL before 5.0.67 allows local users to bypass certain privilege checks by calling CREATE TABLE on a MyISAM table with modified (1) DATA DIRECTORY or (2) INDEX DIRECTORY arguments that are originally associated with pathnames without symlinks, and that can point to tables created at a future time at which a pathname is modified to contain a symlink to a subdirectory of the MySQL home data directory. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4097.

Patch / fix

  • mysql RHEL 4 4.1.22-2.el4_8.3
  • mysql-bench RHEL 4 4.1.22-2.el4_8.3
  • mysql-server RHEL 4 4.1.22-2.el4_8.3
  • php RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.9-2.el5s2
  • httpd RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 2.2.11-2.el5s2
  • mysql RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.79-2.el5s2
  • mod_jk RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 1.2.28-2.el5s2
  • php-gd RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.9-2.el5s2

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0110RHSA-2009:1067

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-4098 updated cvss 3.2

mysql: incomplete upstream fix for CVE-2008-2079

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 mysql 4.1.22-2.el4_8.3, mysql-bench 4.1.22-2.el4_8.3, mysql-server 4.1.22-2.el4_8.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 mysql 4.1.22-2.el4_8.3, mysql-bench 4.1.22-2.el4_8.3, mysql-server 4.1.22-2.el4_8.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 mysql 4.1.22-2.el4_8.3, mysql-bench 4.1.22-2.el4_8.3, mysql-server 4.1.22-2.el4_8.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 mysql 4.1.22-2.el4_8.3, mysql-bench 4.1.22-2.el4_8.3, mysql-server 4.1.22-2.el4_8.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0110

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Exploit prediction

1.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
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References

Sources

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