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CVE-2007-2691 json

MySQL before 4.1.23, 5.0.x before 5.0.42, and 5.1.x before 5.1.18 does not require the DROP privilege for RENAME TABLE statements, which al…

published 2007-05-16 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-2683

cvss
4.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

MySQL before 4.1.23, 5.0.x before 5.0.42, and 5.1.x before 5.1.18 does not require the DROP privilege for RENAME TABLE statements, which allows remote authenticated users to rename arbitrary tables.

Patch / fix

  • mysql mysql 5.0.42, 5.1.18
  • mysql RHEL 4 4.1.22-2.el4
  • mysql-bench RHEL 4 4.1.22-2.el4
  • mysql-server RHEL 4 4.1.22-2.el4
  • mysql RHEL 5 5.0.45-7.el5
  • mysql-test RHEL 5 5.0.45-7.el5
  • mysql-bench RHEL 5 5.0.45-7.el5
  • mysql-server RHEL 5 5.0.45-7.el5
  • mysql RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0768RHSA-2008:0364RHSA-2007:0894

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-2007-2691 updated

mysql DROP privilege not enforced when renaming tables

  • Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4) mysql 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-libs 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-test 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-bench 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-server 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-cluster 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1 Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4) mysql 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-libs 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-test 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-bench 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-server 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-cluster 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0894
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) mysql 5.0.45-7.el5, mysql-test 5.0.45-7.el5, mysql-bench 5.0.45-7.el5, mysql-server 5.0.45-7.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0364
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 mysql 4.1.22-2.el4, mysql-bench 4.1.22-2.el4, mysql-server 4.1.22-2.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0768
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) mysql 5.0.45-7.el5, mysql-test 5.0.45-7.el5, mysql-bench 5.0.45-7.el5, mysql-server 5.0.45-7.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0364
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 mysql 4.1.22-2.el4, mysql-bench 4.1.22-2.el4, mysql-server 4.1.22-2.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0768
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) mysql 5.0.45-7.el5, mysql-test 5.0.45-7.el5, mysql-bench 5.0.45-7.el5, mysql-server 5.0.45-7.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0364
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 mysql 4.1.22-2.el4, mysql-bench 4.1.22-2.el4, mysql-server 4.1.22-2.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 mysql 4.1.22-2.el4, mysql-bench 4.1.22-2.el4, mysql-server 4.1.22-2.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0768

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Exploit prediction

2.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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