FrSIRT - MySQL RENAME TABLE System Table Information Overwrite Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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MySQL RENAME TABLE System Table Information Overwrite Vulnerability

Title : MySQL RENAME TABLE System Table Information Overwrite Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-4142
CVE ID : CVE-2007-5969
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-12-10

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in MySQL, which could be exploited by malicious users to bypass security restrictions [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/4142
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-cs-5-0-51.html
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32111

Credits

Vulnerability reported by the vendor.

ChangeLog

2007-12-10 : Initial release

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