National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-1626
Original release date:05/21/2010
Last revised:01/14/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
MySQL before 5.1.46 allows local users to delete the data and index files of another user's MyISAM table via a symlink attack in conjunction with the DROP TABLE command, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4098 and CVE-2008-7247.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
4.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=40980
Type: Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2010-1194
Type: Advisory
External Source: BID
Name: 40257
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2010:0442
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20100518 Re: A mysql flaw.
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20100510 Re: A mysql flaw.
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2010:101
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1024004
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9490
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2010:021
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2010:019
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9490
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Technical Details
- Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)
- Link Following (CWE-59)