MySQL Community Server 5.0.x before 5.0.51, Enterprise Server 5.0.x before 5.0.52, Server 5.1.x before 5.1.23, and Server 6.0.x before 6.0.4, when a table relies on symlinks created through explicit DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY options, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite system table information and gain privileges via a RENAME TABLE statement that changes the symlink to point to an existing file.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-5969 is rated High Exploit Risk (82/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.26%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +12.98% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 1.28% | 14.26% | +12.98% |
| 2 | 2026-06-08 | 1.81% | 1.28% | -0.54% |
| 3 | 2025-10-08 | — | 1.81% | — |
Full EPSS history (18 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2007-5969: 1 GLSA(s) (200804-04), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/mysql); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-5969 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5969 |
suse
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high | CVE-2007-5969 severity important: SUSE including 87 source package names (liblz4-1-1.8.0-3.5.2, libmariadb-devel-3.1.22-2.35.1, …), 178 product×package rows across 23 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, … (23 product lines)): Fixed 149, Known Not Affected 29. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5969/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2007-5969 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mysql-dfsg-5.0), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 5. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5969 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mysql | mysql_server | 5.1.22 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_server:5.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql_server | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql_server | 6.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_server:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql_server | 6.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_server:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql_server | 6.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_server:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | community_server | <= 5.0.50 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:community_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | community_server | 5.0.41 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:community_server:5.0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | community_server | 5.0.44 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:community_server:5.0.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | community_server | 5.0.45 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:community_server:5.0.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql_enterprise_server | 5.0.50 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql_enterprise_server:5.0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |