RE: User bypass privs for Mysql??

["Esler, Joel - Contractor" <joel.esler () rcert-s army mil>]

Could be.  I didn't check, just was weird when I did it.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Gargiullo [mailto:mgargiullo () warpdrive net] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:35 PM
To: Esler, Joel - Contractor
Cc: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] User bypass privs for Mysql??

On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 10:02, Esler, Joel - Contractor wrote:
> Not having any grant permissions.  I went into the mysql/user table
and
> edited the Grant from N to Y.  Logged out and logged back in, and I
had
> full privs including Grant.  I shouldn't be able to do this...
>
> Joel

but does your user have update permissions on either *.* or mysql.*
etc...   If as the root mysql user you give update permissions to the
mysql.users table to a user, they can update themselves to what ever
they want.


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