Posted by Dawid Golunski on Nov 04

CVE-2016-6664 / (Oracle)CVE-2016-5617
Vulnerability: MySQL / MariaDB / PerconaDB – Root Privilege Escalation

Discovered by:
Dawid Golunski
@dawid_golunski
https://legalhackers.com

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 (for example through CVE-2016-6663)
to further escalate their privileges to root user…