full-disclosure - User bypass privs for Mysql??

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From: mgargiullo at warpdrive.net (Michael Gargiullo)
Subject: 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.