cvelist/2020/7xxx/CVE-2020-7221.json

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                "value": "mysql_install_db in MariaDB 10.4.7 through 10.4.11 allows privilege escalation from the mysql user account to root because chown and chmod are performed unsafely, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on a chmod 04755 of auth_pam_tool_dir/auth_pam_tool. NOTE: this does not affect the Oracle MySQL product, which implements mysql_install_db differently."
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                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q1/55",
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                "name": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160868",
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                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "name": "https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/9d18b6246755472c8324bf3e20e234e08ac45618",
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