High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Dec 13, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-6663
CVE-2016-6663
Description
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.
Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.5.0,<=5.5.52
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
24- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/347eeefbfc658c8531878218487d729f4e020805nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/mysql/mysql-server/commit/4e5473862e6852b0f3802b0cd0c6fa10b5253291nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-PrivEscRace-CVE-2016-6663-5616-Exploit.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40678/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2131.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2595.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2927.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2928.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0184.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/25/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92911nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93614nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-52.htmlnvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-33.htmlnvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-15.htmlnvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-1.htmlnvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10028-release-notes/nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10118-release-notes/nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5552-release-notes/nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/nvdVendor Advisory
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