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.
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2016-12-13T21:00:00
Updated: 2018-10-09T18:57:01
Reserved: 2016-08-10T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-6664
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2016-12-13T21:59:01.740
Modified: 2023-01-24T16:09:58.160
Link: CVE-2016-6664
JSON object: View
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