mysql: table privilege gain via partitioned table with the same name
Published Dec 10, 2007
5.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.13%
Description
MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.23 and 6.0.x before 6.0.4 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges on arbitrary tables via unspecified vectors involving use of table-level DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY options when creating a partitioned table with the same name as a table on which the user lacks privileges.
Affected products
No data.
- 5.1.1
- 5.1.2
- 5.1.10
- 5.1.11
- 5.1.12
- 5.1.13
- 5.1.14
- 5.1.15
- 5.1.16
- 5.1.17
- 6.0.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 6.0.3
- 6.0.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the mysql packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5, Red Hat Application Stack v1, and v2, as the versions shipped do not support table partitioning. The partitioning feature was introduced in development MySQL version 5.1.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.13% (0.02131) | 81.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.13% (0.02131) | 79.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.48% (0.00479) | 62.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00254) | 65.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 13, 2024 | 0.46% (0.00456) | 75.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 5, 2024 | 0.50% (0.00501) | 75.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00477) | 75.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 16, 2023 | 0.47% (0.00473) | 72.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.44% (0.00437) | 70.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32091 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-23.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-4.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://osvdb.org/42607 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019084 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0560/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5970 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=397091 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38988 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5970
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5970
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32091 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-23.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-4.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://osvdb.org/42607 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1019084 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0560/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5970 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=397091 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38988 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5970 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5970 |
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