CVE ID:	CVE-2016-6664
Description:	mysqld_safe in Oracle MySQL through 5.5.51, 5.6.x through 5.6.32, and 5.7.x through 5.7.14; MariaDB; 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, when using file-based logging, allows local users with access to the mysql account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on error logs and possibly other files.
Test IDs:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2017.0408.1   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2017.0412.1   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851490   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2017.0054   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2017.0411.1
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6664 BugTraq ID: 93612 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93612 Bugtraq: 20161104 MySQL / MariaDB / PerconaDB - Root Privilege Escalation Exploit ( CVE-2016-6664 / CVE-2016-5617 ) (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539695/100/0/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-3770 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3770 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40679/ http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-18 http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2130 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2749 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:2192 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2192 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:0279 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0279 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:0574 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0574