Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-6664 First vendor Publication 2016-12-13
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-01-24

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7
Base Score 7 Environmental Score 7
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 7
Exploitabality Sub Score 1
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6664

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 134
Application 461
Application 2
Application 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-09-08 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1170.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-08 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1169.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-25 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2017-2192.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-22 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20170801_mariadb_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-09 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-2192.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-03 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-2192.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-257.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-21 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201702-18.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-08 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-0412-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-08 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-0411-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-07 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-0408-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-23 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3770.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-19 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2017-018-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-16 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_22373c43d72811e6a9a5b499baebfeaf.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-13 Name : The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : mariadb_5_5_54.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-13 Name : The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : mariadb_10_0_29.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-08 Name : The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : mariadb_10_1_18.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-08 Name : The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : mariadb_5_5_52.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93612
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539695/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and...
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3770
EXPLOIT-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40679/
FULLDISC http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-18
MISC http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6...
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Priv...
REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2192
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0279
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0574

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