Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.032 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.94; '*S*': 0.00; 'board.': 0.05; 'received:134': 0.05; 'retrieved': 0.05; 'subject:password': 0.05; 'only,': 0.07; 'subject:code': 0.07; 'utilizing': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'question.': 0.14; '==========': 0.16; 'code?': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'subject:run': 0.16; 'trying': 0.19; 'example': 0.22; 'shell': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'please?': 0.24; 'question': 0.24; 'login': 0.25; 'somewhere': 0.26; 'asking': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'possibility': 0.29; 'tim': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'comments': 0.31; 'too.': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'figure': 0.32; 'run': 0.32; 'linux': 0.33; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'could': 0.34; 'display': 0.35; 'knows': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'replies': 0.36; 'possible': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'list': 0.37; 'list.': 0.37; 'being': 0.38; 'server': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'system.': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'commands': 0.60; 'subject:Can': 0.60; 'course': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'personal': 0.63; 'more': 0.64; 'chance': 0.65; 'account': 0.65; 'kept': 0.65; 'details': 0.65; 'due': 0.66; 'said:': 0.68; 'gain': 0.79; 'locked': 0.84; 'pardon': 0.84; 'subject:know': 0.84; 'unaware': 0.84; 'serious': 0.97 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AqEEAEcTTFKGuA9G/2dsb2JhbABQCIc6unGCe4EugxoBBSMPATkKAhEJAhoCBQwBAQEHCwICCQMCAQIBRRMIAogCjzWbVokpiROBKYxrgQo6CggBAwKCUoE5A5d/hh+LXIFmgUCBaAcXgRw Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:37:58 +0200 From: Antoon Pardon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:10.0.12) Gecko/20130116 Icedove/10.0.12 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 37 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1380717480 news.xs4all.nl 15978 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:58769 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:55320 Op 02-10-13 14:20, Νίκος schreef: > Tim delaney said: > > "Because there's no chance with the brilliance you display that there > could be any possibility of login details being kept in plaintext in > your database. > > And of course your database is so well locked down that no attacker with > a login to it could then execute arbitrary code on your system. > > And there's also zero chance that your personal account login details > are also available in plaintext somewhere that you're unaware of." > ========== > > Is it possible for someone that knows the MYSQL password of a server to > run arbitrary code on a linux server? > > Okey he uses the password and he gain access to the databases, then > what? MySQL is a database server how can he run run arbitrary shell > commands by using MySQL? > > If yes, can you give an example please? > > Also, is there a chance for my account's password to be retrieved on > some why due to MySQL access or perhaps by utilizing my own python code? > > I'm just trying to figure out how the upload of that .html file happened > to '/home/nikos/public_html'. I need a theory and Zero Piraeus to answer > too. > > Please, serious replies only, i won't answer to ironic comments or jokes. You are not asking a python question. This is a python list. Not a Nikos advise board. Find a list where your question is more appropiate. -- Antoon Pardon