{"id":1842,"date":"2016-11-03T09:44:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T15:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2016-11-03T09:44:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T15:44:57","slug":"critical-flaws-in-mysql-give-hackers-root-access-to-server-exploits-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=1842","title":{"rendered":"Critical Flaws in MySQL Give Hackers Root Access to Server (Exploits Released)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2016\/11\/mysql-zero-day-exploits.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mysql-zero-day-exploit-hacking.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOver a month ago we reported about <a href=\"http:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2016\/09\/hack-mysql-database.html\" target=\"_blank\">two critical zero-day vulnerabilities<\/a> in the world&#8217;s 2nd most popular database management software MySQL:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MySQL Remote Root Code Execution (CVE-2016-6662)<\/li>\n<li>Privilege Escalation (CVE-2016-6663)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At that time, Polish security researcher <b>Dawid Golunski <\/b>of Legal Hackers who discovered these vulnerabilities published technical details and <a href=\"http:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2016\/09\/hack-mysql-database.html\" target=\"_blank\">proof-of-concept exploit code<\/a> for the first bug only and promised to release details of the second bug (CVE-2016-6663) later.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2016\/11\/mysql-zero-day-exploits.html\">Critical Flaws in MySQL Give Hackers Root Access to Server (Exploits Released)<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_1842\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"1842\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" 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