MySQL Server BINLOG privilege escalation
| mysql-binlog-privilege-escalation (40734) |  High Risk |
Description:
MySQL Server could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges, caused by the failure to check the rights of the executor on BINLOG statements. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability and gain elevated privileges to read or modify any data on the server.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 6.5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 4.8 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of MySQL Server (5.1.23 or 6.0.4 or later), available from the MySQL Server Web site. See References.
References:
- MySQL Bug #31611: Security risk with BINLOG statement.
- MySQL Server Web site: MySQL Server.
- CVE-2007-6313: MySQL Server 5.1.x before 5.1.23 and 6.0.x before 6.0.4 does not check the rights of the entity executing BINLOG, which allows remote authorized users to execute arbitrary BINLOG statements.
- SECTRACK ID: 1019083: MySQL BINLOG Filename Path Bug May Let Remote Authenticated Users Gain Elevated Privileges
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-0560: MySQL Multiple Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.1
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.10
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.11
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.12
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.13
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.14
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.15
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.16
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.17
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.18
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.19
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.2
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.20
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.21
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.22
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.3
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.4
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.5
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.6
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.7
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.8
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 5.1.9
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 6.0.0
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 6.0.1
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 6.0.2
- MySQL MySQL Community Server 6.0.3
Reported:
Oct 15, 2007
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