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CVE-2016-6664

Assigner-mitre

Assigner Org ID-8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca

Published At-13 Dec, 2016 | 21:00

Updated At-06 Aug, 2024 | 01:36

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.

EPSS History

Score

Latest Score

N/A

Percentile

Latest Percentile

N/A

▼Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

cve.org

Assigner:mitre

Assigner Org ID:8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca

Published At:13 Dec, 2016 | 21:00

Updated At:06 Aug, 2024 | 01:36

▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

Affected Products

Vendor

n/a

Product

n/a

Versions

Affected

Problem Types

Type	CWE ID	Description
text	N/A	n/a

Type: text

CWE ID: N/A

Description: n/a

References

Hyperlink	Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4	mailing-list x_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93612	vdb-entry x_refsource_BID
https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0574	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-18	vendor-advisory x_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539695/100/0/threaded	mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40679/	exploit x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html	x_refsource_MISC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0279	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3770	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2192	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT

Hyperlink: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

Hyperlink: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_FULLDISC

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93612

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

Hyperlink: https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0574

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-18

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

Hyperlink: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539695/100/0/threaded

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Hyperlink: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

Hyperlink: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

Hyperlink: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40679/

Resource:

exploit

x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Hyperlink: http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0279

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

Hyperlink: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3770

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2192

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)

CVE Program Container

References

Hyperlink	Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4	mailing-list x_refsource_FULLDISC x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93612	vdb-entry x_refsource_BID x_transferred
https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0574	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-18	vendor-advisory x_refsource_GENTOO x_transferred
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539695/100/0/threaded	mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ x_transferred
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html	x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40679/	exploit x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB x_transferred
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html	x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0279	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3770	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN x_transferred
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2192	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_FULLDISC

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93612

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0574

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-18

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539695/100/0/threaded

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40679/

Resource:

exploit

x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0279

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3770

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2192

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

x_transferred

▼National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

nvd.nist.gov

Source:cve@mitre.org

Published At:13 Dec, 2016 | 21:59

Updated At:12 Apr, 2025 | 10:46

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.1	7.0	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary	2.0	6.9	MEDIUM	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Type: Primary

Version: 3.1

Base score: 7.0

Base severity: HIGH

Vector:

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 6.9

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CPE Matches

Oracle Corporation

>>mysql>>Versions from 5.5.0(inclusive) to 5.5.51(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Oracle Corporation

>>mysql>>Versions from 5.6.0(inclusive) to 5.6.32(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Oracle Corporation

>>mysql>>Versions from 5.7.0(inclusive) to 5.7.14(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

MariaDB Foundation

>>mariadb>>Versions from 5.5.0(inclusive) to 5.5.54(exclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

MariaDB Foundation

>>mariadb>>Versions from 10.0.0(inclusive) to 10.0.29(exclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

MariaDB Foundation

>>mariadb>>Versions from 10.1.0(inclusive) to 10.1.21(exclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

percona>>percona_server>>Versions from 5.5(inclusive) to 5.5.51-38.2(exclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:percona:percona_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

percona>>percona_server>>Versions from 5.6(inclusive) to 5.6.32-78.1(exclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:percona:percona_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

percona>>percona_server>>Versions from 5.7(inclusive) to 5.7.14-8(exclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:percona:percona_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

percona>>xtradb_cluster>>Versions from 5.5(inclusive) to 5.5.41-37.0(exclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:percona:xtradb_cluster:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

percona>>xtradb_cluster>>Versions from 5.6(inclusive) to 5.6.32-25.17(exclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:percona:xtradb_cluster:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

percona>>xtradb_cluster>>Versions from 5.7(inclusive) to 5.7.14-26.17(exclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:percona:xtradb_cluster:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-59	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: CWE-59

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html	cve@mitre.org	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html	cve@mitre.org	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.html	cve@mitre.org	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html	cve@mitre.org	Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4	cve@mitre.org	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3770	cve@mitre.org	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html	cve@mitre.org	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539695/100/0/threaded	cve@mitre.org	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93612	cve@mitre.org	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2192	cve@mitre.org	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0279	cve@mitre.org	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0574	cve@mitre.org	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-18	cve@mitre.org	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40679/	cve@mitre.org	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/	cve@mitre.org	Vendor Advisory
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3770	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539695/100/0/threaded	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93612	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2192	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0279	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0574	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-18	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40679/	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Vendor Advisory

Hyperlink: http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Exploit

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Exploit

Third Party Advisory

VDB Entry

Hyperlink: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Mailing List

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3770

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Patch

Vendor Advisory

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539695/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

VDB Entry

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93612

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

VDB Entry

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2192

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0279

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0574

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-18

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40679/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Exploit

Third Party Advisory

VDB Entry

Hyperlink: https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Vendor Advisory

Hyperlink: http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html