Full Disclosure: Re: MySQL trick for SQL injection

[Tim <tim-security () sentinelchicken org>]

> > INTO OUTFILE is a dangerous routine (as you've clearly demonstrated), but that 
> > privilege must be specifically granted to a user before it's possible to 
> > execute it.  No sensible administrator would grant the FILE privilege to a 
> > webserver application's database acccount.
> Very true, but a good blackhat always keeps a good supply of ways to exploit
> common stupid administrator mistakes.  I'd not be surprised in the least if
> more than 10% of the sites, some admin under time pressure to Just Fix It
> assigned FILE privs to get the web application back up and running.

I find it's more common that they just have the application log in as
MySQL root.  It's foolish.  It happens more frequently than you'd like
to admit.  Makes my app pentests easier though. ;-)

tim

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