MySQL / MariaDB / PerconaDB Root Privilege Escalation
Posted by deepcore on November 4, 2016 – 12:29 am
MySQL-based databases including MySQL, MariaDB and PerconaDB are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability which can let attackers who have gained access to mysql system user to further escalate their privileges to root user allowing them to fully compromise the system. The vulnerability stems from unsafe file handling of error logs and other files.
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