CVE-2016-6663

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Race condition in Oracle MySQL before 5.5.52, 5.6.x before 5.6.33, 5.7.x before 5.7.15, and 8.x before 8.0.1; MariaDB be

Race condition in Oracle MySQL before 5.5.52, 5.6.x before 5.6.33, 5.7.x before 5.7.15, and 8.x before 8.0.1.

MariaDB before 5.5.52, 10.0.x before 10.0.28, and 10.1.x before 10.1.18.

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 allows local users with certain permissions to gain privileges by leveraging use of my_copystat by REPAIR TABLE to repair a MyISAM table.

HIGH · CVSS 7 EPSS 0.02606

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Public exploit or PoC is available
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules2 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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Affected Products & Versions

oracle mysql>= 5.5.0 and <= 5.5.52
oracle mysql>= 5.6.0 and <= 5.6.33
oracle mysql>= 5.7.0 and <= 5.7.15
percona server>= 5.5 and < 5.5.51-38.2
percona server>= 5.6 and < 5.6.32-78.1
percona server>= 5.7 and < 5.7.14-8
percona xtradb cluster>= 5.5 and < 5.5.41-37.0
percona xtradb cluster>= 5.6 and < 5.6.32-25.17
Show all 13 affected productspercona xtradb cluster>= 5.7 and < 5.7.14-26.17
mariadb>= 5.5.20 and < 5.5.52
mariadb>= 10.0.0 and < 10.0.28
mariadb>= 10.1.0 and < 10.1.18
oracle mysqlall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

localMySQL / MariaDB / PerconaDB 5.5.x/5.6.x/5.7.x - 'mysql' System User Privilege Escalation / Race Condition2016-11-01
poclegalhackers.com · MySQL-Maria-Percona-PrivEscRace-CVE-2016-6663-5616-Exploi...legalhackers.com
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 40678www.exploit-db.com

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Sigma Hunt Rules

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

producthighOpenCanary - MySQL Login Attempt

producthighUncommon File Creation By Mysql Daemon Process

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Scoring & Timeline

HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD13 Dec 2016 · 09:59 PM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10200-1
suse-csafsuse-ru-2023_4991-1
suse-csafsuse-ru-2023_3956-1
rhsaRHSA-2016:2927Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2016:2928Moderate
Show all 12 vendor advisoriesrhsaRHSA-2016:2131Moderate
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:2932-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:2933-1
rhsaRHSA-2016:2595Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2016:2130Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2016:2749Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2017:0184Important

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2131.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2595.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2927.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2928.htmlThird Party Advisory

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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0184.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/25/4Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.htmlPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92911Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93614Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-52.htmlIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-33.htmlIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-15.htmlIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-1.htmlIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/347eeefbfc658c8531878218487d729f4e020805Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/commit/4e5473862e6852b0f3802b0cd0c6fa10b5253291Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10028-release-notes/Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10118-release-notes/Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5552-release-notes/Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/Vendor Advisory

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