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CVE-2008-4098

MySQL before 5.0.67 allows local users to bypass certain privilege checks by calling CREATE TABLE on a MyISAM table with modified (1) DATA…

Medium4.6EPSS 1.6%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
redhat

Description

MySQL before 5.0.67 allows local users to bypass certain privilege checks by calling CREATE TABLE on a MyISAM table with modified (1) DATA DIRECTORY or (2) INDEX DIRECTORY arguments that are originally associated with pathnames without symlinks, and that can point to tables created at a future time at which a pathname is modified to contain a symlink to a subdirectory of the MySQL home data directory. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4097.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2008-4098, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0Medium4.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.

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