cve/2007/CVE-2007-5969.md

### [CVE-2007-5969](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5969)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/ptester36-zz/netology_ib_networks_lesson_9
- https://github.com/ptester36/netology_ib_networks_lesson_9