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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T01:36:29.471Z
Reserved: 2016-08-10T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-6664

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Status : Modified
Published: 2016-12-13T21:59:01.740
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:56:34.833
Link: CVE-2016-6664
