Re: MySQL 5.1/5.5 WiNDOWS REMOTE R00T (mysqljackpot)

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 11:03 AM, king cope
<isowarez.isowarez.isowarez () googlemail com> wrote:
> Yes I agree, we should discard this default remote vulnerability
> because it is documented.
Devil's advocate: Does a questionable design choice/feature that is
documented make it any less vulnerable?

How does a Mom and Pop shop who were told to get mySQL to support
<some business software> mitigate this issue when its insecure out of
the box and there are no IT resources?

Jeff

> 2012/12/2 Sergei Golubchik <serg () askmonty org>:
> > Thanks, Kurt!
> >
> > > 2012/12/2 Kurt Seifried <kseifried () redhat com>:
> > > > > *** FARLiGHT ELiTE HACKERS LEGACY R3L3ASE ***
> > > > >
> > > > > Attached is the MySQL Windows Remote Exploit (post-auth, udf
> > > > > technique) including the previously released mass scanner. The
> > > > > exploit is mirrored at the farlight website
> > > > > http://www.farlight.org.
> > > > So in the case of this issue it appears to be documented (UDF, do
> > > > not run MySQL as administrator, etc.). As I understand CVE
> > > > assignment rules this issue does not require a CVE, however just to
> > > > be on the safe side I'm CC'ing MySQL, Oracle, MariaDB, OSS-SEC,
> > > > Steven Christey, cve-assign and OSVDB to the CC so that everyone is
> > > > aware of what is going on.
> >
> > Just to confirm - yes, it's documented.
> >
> > UDF is a feature that allows to run any code in the MySQL server
> > process. FILE privilege allows to create files. So yes, sure, with the
> > appropriate privileges and the appropriately configured server
> > one can create a file and load it as UDF. As expected.

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