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Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password?

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On Wed, 02 Oct 2013 15:20:00 +0300, ????? <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> declaimed
the following:

>
>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?
>

	Well, #1, if your account/password is the database administrator, then
they can create a new database user with full privileges -- so if you
change your password but don't examine the authorization system they could
still get into the database.

	#2 -- the SELECT statement has options for "INTO OUTFILE 'filename'"
and "INTO DUMPFILE 'filename'".

	The result: If someone can create a temporary table, they can then
populate the table with lines of HTML (using INSERT statements), and
finally they can SELECT lines FROM temp_table INTO OUTFILE
'/any/thing/the/server/can/access.html'


	It's your server system, YOU need to learn how to investigate the
security system, read logs, etc. -- NONE of which belongs in this group.
-- 
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Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? Νίκος <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-10-02 15:20 +0300
  Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2013-10-02 14:37 +0200
  Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? feedthetroll@gmx.de - 2013-10-02 05:38 -0700
    Re: Killing threads with TB (was: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password?) Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-10-02 08:21 -0500
    Re: Killing threads with TB Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-10-02 18:34 -0400
    Re: Killing threads with TB Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-02 23:48 +0100
  Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-02 13:25 +0000
    Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? Νίκος <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-10-02 16:41 +0300
      Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-10-02 09:58 -0400
        Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? Νίκος <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-10-02 17:46 +0300
          Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? ishish <ishish@domhain.de> - 2013-10-02 15:55 +0100
          Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-10-02 11:15 -0400
          Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-10-02 16:02 +0000
          Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-10-02 09:59 -0700
      Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-10-02 14:34 +0000
        Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? Ravi Sahni <ganeshsahni07@gmail.com> - 2013-10-02 20:43 +0530
          Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? Νίκος Ακεξόπουλος <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-10-02 20:06 +0300
      Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-02 17:39 +0000
        Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? Νίκος Αλεξόπουλος <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-10-02 21:02 +0300
  Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-10-02 20:02 -0400
  Re: Can arbitrary code run in a server if someone's know just the MySQL password? Tony the Tiger <tony@tiger.invalid> - 2013-10-04 15:19 -0500

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