EPSS
Percentile
95.4%
A flaw was found in the way the mysqld_safe script handled creation of error log file. The mysql operating system user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root.
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386564
legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.txt