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CVE-2016-6664 json

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…

published 2016-12-13 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7567

cvss
7.0
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • mariadb mariadb 5.5.54, 10.0.29, 10.1.21
  • percona percona_server 5.5.51-38.2, 5.6.32-78.1, 5.7.14-8
  • percona xtradb_cluster 5.5.41-37.0, 5.6.32-25.17, 5.7.14-26.17
  • mysql-5.5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • mariadb-10.0 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 10.0.29-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6664

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  • rh-mariadb101-galera RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 25.3.12-12.el6
  • rh-mariadb101-galera RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 25.3.12-12.el7
  • rh-mariadb101-mariadb RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:10.1.29-3.el6
  • rh-mariadb101-mariadb RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:10.1.29-3.el7
  • rh-mariadb101-mariadb-test RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:10.1.29-3.el6
  • rh-mariadb101-mariadb-test RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:10.1.29-3.el7
  • rh-mariadb101-mariadb-bench RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:10.1.29-3.el6
  • rh-mariadb101-mariadb-bench RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:10.1.29-3.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:0574RHSA-2018:0279RHSA-2017:2192RHSA-2016:2130RHSA-2016:2749

  • mariadb104 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 10.4.30-8.5.46
  • lz4 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.8.0-3.5.2
  • python-mysqlclient SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.3.14-8.9.2
  • mariadb-connector-c SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 3.1.22-2.35.1
  • mariadb SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +8 more 10.0.29-22.1
  • mariadb104 SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS 10.4.30-150100.3.5.10
  • python-mysqlclient SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS 1.4.6-150100.3.3.7
  • mariadb SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12-LTSS 10.0.29-20.23.1

suse advisories SUSE-RU-2023:4991-1SUSE-RU-2023:3956-1SUSE-SU-2017:0412-1SUSE-SU-2017:0411-1

  • mariadb openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.6.4-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11038-1

  • mariadb Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +19 more 10.1.21-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-6664

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-6664 updated cvss 7.8

mysql: insecure error log file handling in mysqld_safe (CPU Oct 2016)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 mysql55-mysql Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 mysql, mysql-libs, mysql-test, mysql-bench, mysql-server, mysql-embedded Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) mariadb-galera Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) mariadb-galera Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) mariadb-galera, mariadb-galera-common, mariadb-galera-server Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) mariadb-galera, mariadb-galera-common, mariadb-galera-server
    +4 more products
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) mariadb-galera, mariadb-galera-common, mariadb-galera-server Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) mariadb-galera, mariadb-galera-common, mariadb-galera-server Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) mariadb-galera Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) mariadb-galera-common, mariadb-galera-server
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Software Collections mariadb55-mariadb, rh-mariadb100-mariadb, rh-mariadb101-mariadb, mariadb55-mariadb-libs, mariadb55-mariadb-test, mariadb55-mariadb-bench, +16 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) mariadb 5.5.56-2.el7, mariadb-libs 5.5.56-2.el7, mariadb-server 5.5.56-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) mariadb-test 5.5.56-2.el7, mariadb-bench 5.5.56-2.el7, mariadb-embedded 5.5.56-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) mariadb 5.5.56-2.el7, mariadb-libs 5.5.56-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) mariadb-test 5.5.56-2.el7, mariadb-bench 5.5.56-2.el7, mariadb-server 5.5.56-2.el7, mariadb-embedded 5.5.56-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) mariadb 5.5.56-2.el7, mariadb-libs 5.5.56-2.el7, mariadb-test 5.5.56-2.el7, mariadb-bench 5.5.56-2.el7, mariadb-server 5.5.56-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) mariadb-embedded 5.5.56-2.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) mariadb 5.5.56-2.el7, mariadb-libs 5.5.56-2.el7, mariadb-test 5.5.56-2.el7, mariadb-bench 5.5.56-2.el7, mariadb-server 5.5.56-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) mariadb-embedded 5.5.56-2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2192
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) mysql55-mysql 5.5.52-1.el6, rh-mysql56-mysql 5.6.34-2.el6, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.52-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.52-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.52-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.52-1.el6, +24 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) mysql55-mysql 5.5.52-1.el7, rh-mysql56-mysql 5.6.34-2.el7, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.52-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.52-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.52-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.52-1.el7, +24 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) mysql55-mysql 5.5.52-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.52-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.52-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.52-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.52-1.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) mysql55-mysql 5.5.52-1.el6, rh-mysql56-mysql 5.6.34-2.el6, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.52-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.52-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.52-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.52-1.el6, +24 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) mysql55-mysql 5.5.52-1.el7, rh-mysql56-mysql 5.6.34-2.el7, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.52-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.52-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.52-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.52-1.el7, +6 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2) mysql55-mysql 5.5.52-1.el7, rh-mysql56-mysql 5.6.34-2.el7, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.52-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.52-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.52-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.52-1.el7, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2130
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-mariadb100-mariadb 10.0.33-3.el7, rh-mariadb101-galera 25.3.12-12.el7, rh-mariadb101-mariadb 10.1.29-3.el7, rh-mariadb100-mariadb-test 10.0.33-3.el7, rh-mariadb101-mariadb-test 10.1.29-3.el7, rh-mariadb100-mariadb-bench 10.0.33-3.el7, +12 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-mariadb100-mariadb 10.0.33-3.el7, rh-mariadb101-galera 25.3.12-12.el7, rh-mariadb101-mariadb 10.1.29-3.el7, rh-mariadb100-mariadb-test 10.0.33-3.el7, rh-mariadb101-mariadb-test 10.1.29-3.el7, rh-mariadb100-mariadb-bench 10.0.33-3.el7, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0279
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) mysql55-mysql 5.5.52-1.el6, rh-mysql56-mysql 5.6.34-2.el6, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.52-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.52-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.52-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.52-1.el6, +24 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) mysql55-mysql 5.5.52-1.el7, rh-mysql56-mysql 5.6.34-2.el7, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.52-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.52-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.52-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.52-1.el7, +24 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2130
  • Red Hat Software Collections rh-mysql57-mysql, rh-mysql57-mysql-test, rh-mysql57-mysql-common, rh-mysql57-mysql-config, rh-mysql57-mysql-errmsg, rh-mysql57-mysql-server
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-40679)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-40679 MySQL / MariaDB / PerconaDB 5.5.x/5.6.x/5.7.x - 'root' System User Privilege Escalation local, 2016-11-01
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • legalhackers.com http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
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References

Sources

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