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TI-2020-05831 Aliases CVE-2020-7221GHSA-3xr8-q83f-2wqp

mysql_install_db in MariaDB 10.4.7 through 10.4.11 allows privilege escalation from the…

Priority LOW 35CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0067 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.4.7 – 10.4.11VulnerableMariaDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.4.7 – 10.4.11 Vulnerable ·MariaDB

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
  • Red Hat Software Collections

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7221
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3xr8-q83f-2wqp

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-11776 MariaDB v10.5 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-05707 Oracle MySQL through 5.5.52, 5.6.x through 5.6.33, and 5.7.x through 5.7.15; MariaDB… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-00687 Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2014-00217 OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h does not properly… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
  • TI-2014-00188 The dtls1_reassemble_fragment function in d1_both.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2018-15259 zlib before 1.2.12 allows memory corruption when deflating (i.e., when compressing) if… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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