CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1. Its EPSS score suggests a 14.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.
CVE
CVE-2007-5969
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.1
EPSS
14.26%
Original NVD Description
MySQL Community Server 5.0.x before 5.0.51, Enterprise Server 5.0.x before 5.0.52, Server 5.1.x before 5.1.23, and Server 6.0.x before 6.0.4, when a table relies on symlinks created through explicit DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY options, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite system table information and gain privileges via a RENAME TABLE statement that changes the symlink to point to an existing file.