CVE-2017-3291
mysql: unrestricted mysqld_safe's ledir (CPU Jan 2017)
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Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · January 17, 2017
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
It was discovered that the mysqld_safe script honored the ledir option value set in a MySQL configuration file. A user able to modify one of the MySQL configuration files could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 6.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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