Sun MySQL up to 5.0.24 MERGE Table information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Sun MySQL up to 5.0.24. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component MERGE Table Handler. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-4031. No exploit is available. Disabling the affected component is advisable.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun MySQL up to 5.0.24 (Database Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component MERGE Table Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

MySQL 4.1 before 4.1.21 and 5.0 before 5.0.24 allows a local user to access a table through a previously created MERGE table, even after the user s privileges are revoked for the original table, which might violate intended security policy.

The bug was discovered 07/19/2006. The weakness was published 08/01/2006 by Peter Gulutzan (Website). The advisory is shared for download at dev.mysql.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-4031 since 08/09/2006. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 13 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17802 (MySQL < 4.1.21 / 5.0.24 Privilege Persistence), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Databases and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115527 (Apple Mac OS X 10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2007-03-13)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at dev.mysql.com. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28180), Tenable (17802), SecurityFocus (BID 19279†), OSVDB (27703†) and Secunia (SA21770†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 17802
Nessus Name: MySQL < 4.1.21 / 5.0.24 Privilege Persistence
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OpenVAS ID: 870069
OpenVAS Name: Rhino Software Serv-U SITE SET Command Denial Of Service vulnerability
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Patch: dev.mysql.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: dev.mysql.com
Researcher: Peter Gulutzan
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4031 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4031
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2420

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X-Force: 28180
SecurityFocus: 19279 - MySQL MERGE Privilege Revoke Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 21770 - Ubuntu update for mysql-dfsg-5.0, Less Critical
OSVDB: 27703 - MySQL MERGE Table Privilege Persistance
SecurityTracker: 1016617
Vulnerability Center: 12511 - MySQL Security Bypass via Merged Tables, Low
Vupen: ADV-2006-3079

Entryinfo

Created: 08/02/2006 11:23
Updated: 06/14/2025 01:42
Changes: 08/02/2006 11:23 (95), 06/24/2019 10:20 (2), 06/14/2025 01:42 (22)
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Cache ID: 216:EFC:103

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