U.S. flag   An official website of the United States government
Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (Dot gov) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-7247 Detail

Description

sql/sql_table.cc in MySQL 5.0.x through 5.0.88, 5.1.x through 5.1.41, and 6.0 before 6.0.9-alpha, when the data home directory contains a symlink to a different filesystem, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by calling CREATE TABLE with a (1) DATA DIRECTORY or (2) INDEX DIRECTORY argument referring to a subdirectory that requires following this symlink.


Metrics

 
NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (12/21/2009)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of mysql as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to [email protected].

URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=39277 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.mysql.com/commits/59711 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00005.html CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125908040022018&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/38517 CVE, MITRE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 CVE, MITRE
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-897-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:044 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38043 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543619 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

CPEs loading, please wait.

Denotes Vulnerable Software
Are we missing a CPE here? Please let us know.

Change History

81 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-7247
NVD Published Date:
11/30/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE