Vulnerability in Oracle MySQL (CVE-2016-6664)
Summary
Vulnerability in Oracle MySQL (CVE-2016-6664). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
mysqld_safe in Oracle MySQL through 5.5.51, 5.6.x through 5.6.32, and 5.7.x through 5.7.14; MariaDB; Percona Server before 5.5.51-38.2, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-78-1, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-8; and Percona XtraDB Cluster before 5.5.41-37.0, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-25.17, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-26.17, when using file-based logging, allows local users with access to the mysql account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on error logs and possibly other files.
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-6664 has been found in Oracle MySQL.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Oracle MySQL CVE-2016-6664" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-6664 (Oracle MySQL)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Oracle MySQL.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Oracle MySQL.
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Oracle MySQL を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2016-6664 mariadb Fixed in: 10.1.21-r0
References
- advisory rhn.redhat.com
- advisory rhn.redhat.com
- advisory seclists.org
- advisory debian.org
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory security.gentoo.org
- advisory percona.com
- patch oracle.com
- report legalhackers.com
- report packetstormsecurity.com
- report exploit-db.com