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CVE-2007-5969 in the critical feed json

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.…

published 2007-12-10 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5939

cvss
7.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.3%
EPSS 14.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • mysql RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1
  • mysql-libs RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1
  • mysql-test RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1
  • mysql-bench RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1
  • mysql-server RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1
  • mysql-cluster RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1
  • mysql RHEL 4 4.1.20-3.RHEL4.1.el4_6.1
  • mysql RHEL 5 5.0.22-2.2.el5_1.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:1157RHSA-2007:1155

  • mariadb104 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 10.4.30-8.5.46
  • lz4 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.8.0-3.5.2
  • python-mysqlclient SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.3.14-8.9.2
  • mariadb-connector-c SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 3.1.22-2.35.1
  • mariadb104 SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS 10.4.30-150100.3.5.10
  • python-mysqlclient SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS 1.4.6-150100.3.3.7

suse advisories SUSE-RU-2023:4991-1SUSE-RU-2023:3956-1

  • mariadb openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.6.4-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11038-1

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-2007-5969 updated

mysql: possible system table information overwrite using symlinks

  • Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4) mysql 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1, mysql-libs 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1, mysql-test 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1, mysql-bench 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1, mysql-server 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1, mysql-cluster 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1 Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4) mysql 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1, mysql-libs 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1, mysql-test 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1, mysql-bench 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1, mysql-server 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1, mysql-cluster 5.0.44-2.el4s1.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1157
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) mysql 5.0.22-2.2.el5_1.1, mysql-test 5.0.22-2.2.el5_1.1, mysql-bench 5.0.22-2.2.el5_1.1, mysql-server 5.0.22-2.2.el5_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 mysql 4.1.20-3.RHEL4.1.el4_6.1, mysql-bench 4.1.20-3.RHEL4.1.el4_6.1, mysql-server 4.1.20-3.RHEL4.1.el4_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) mysql 5.0.22-2.2.el5_1.1, mysql-test 5.0.22-2.2.el5_1.1, mysql-bench 5.0.22-2.2.el5_1.1, mysql-server 5.0.22-2.2.el5_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 mysql 4.1.20-3.RHEL4.1.el4_6.1, mysql-bench 4.1.20-3.RHEL4.1.el4_6.1, mysql-server 4.1.20-3.RHEL4.1.el4_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) mysql 5.0.22-2.2.el5_1.1, mysql-test 5.0.22-2.2.el5_1.1, mysql-bench 5.0.22-2.2.el5_1.1, mysql-server 5.0.22-2.2.el5_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 mysql 4.1.20-3.RHEL4.1.el4_6.1, mysql-bench 4.1.20-3.RHEL4.1.el4_6.1, mysql-server 4.1.20-3.RHEL4.1.el4_6.1
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 mysql 4.1.20-3.RHEL4.1.el4_6.1, mysql-bench 4.1.20-3.RHEL4.1.el4_6.1, mysql-server 4.1.20-3.RHEL4.1.el4_6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1155
  • Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5) mysql 5.0.44-3.el5s2, mysql-libs 5.0.44-3.el5s2, mysql-test 5.0.44-3.el5s2, mysql-bench 5.0.44-3.el5s2, mysql-server 5.0.44-3.el5s2, mysql-cluster 5.0.44-3.el5s2
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

14.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • lists.mysql.com http://lists.mysql.com/announce/495 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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