cve/2008/CVE-2008-7247.md

### [CVE-2008-7247](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-7247)
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### Description

sql/sql_table.cc in MySQL 5.0.x through 5.0.88, 5.1.x through 5.1.41, and 6.0 before 6.0.9-alpha, when the data home directory contains a symlink to a different filesystem, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by calling CREATE TABLE with a (1) DATA DIRECTORY or (2) INDEX DIRECTORY argument referring to a subdirectory that requires following this symlink.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/DButter/whitehat_public
- https://github.com/Dokukin1/Metasploitable
- https://github.com/Iknowmyname/Nmap-Scans-M2
- https://github.com/NikulinMS/13-01-hw
- https://github.com/Zhivarev/13-01-hw
- https://github.com/smabramov/Vulnerabilities-and-attacks-on-information-systems
- https://github.com/tomwillfixit/alpine-cvecheck
- https://github.com/zzzWTF/db-13-01