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CVE-2016-6662

Oracle MySQL through 5.5.52, 5.6.x through 5.6.33, and 5.7.x through 5.7.15; MariaDB before 5.5.51, 10.0.x before 10.0.27, and 10.1.x before 10.1.17; and Percona Server before 5.5.51-38.1, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-78.0, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-7 allow local users to create arbitrary configurations and bypass certain protection mechanisms by setting general_log_file to a my.cnf configuration. NOTE:…

Severity
Critical 9.8
Published
20 Sept 2016
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
17 Oct 2026
Fixed in
5.5.51, 10.0.27, 10.1.17
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
MariaDBServers and applications · cpe:a:mariadb:mariadb
  • From 5.5.20 before 5.5.51
  • From 10.0.0 before 10.0.27
  • From 10.1.0 before 10.1.17
MySQLServers and applications · cpe:a:oracle:mysql
  • From 5.5.0 up to 5.5.52
  • From 5.6.0 up to 5.6.33
  • From 5.7.0 up to 5.7.15

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6662
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6662