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Servers and applications

CVE-2007-5970

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.

Severity
Medium 5.8
Published
10 Dec 2007
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Exploit chance
2.1% in the next 30 daysHigher than 82% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Read some data · Change some data
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
MySQLServers and applications · cpe:a:oracle:mysql
  • Version 6.0.4
  • Version 6.0.3
  • Version 6.0.2
  • Version 6.0.1
All 15 release lines
  • Version 5.1.1
  • Version 5.1.2
  • Version 5.1.10
  • Version 5.1.11
  • Version 5.1.12
  • Version 5.1.13
  • Version 5.1.14
  • Version 5.1.15
  • Version 5.1.16
  • Version 5.1.17
  • Version 6.0.0
  • Version 6.0.1
  • Version 6.0.2
  • Version 6.0.3
  • Version 6.0.4

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5970
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5970