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CVE-2010-1626

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1626 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting MySQL versions prior to 5.1.46. This flaw allows a local attacker to delete the data and index files of another user's MyISAM table through a symlink attack combined with the DROP TABLE command. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.6, indicating low severity with local access and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.1.45CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.5.0.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.5.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.6LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: mysql-0:5.0.77-4.el5_5.3
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: mysql

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-1626Low

mysql: table destruction via DATA/INDEX DIRECTORY directives using symlinks

Nov 22, 2008

References

bugs.mysql.com / bug.php
Patch
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00005.html
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9490
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/05/10/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/05/18/4
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0442.html
securityfocus.com / bid/40257
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1397-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1194
Vendor Advisory