Script mysql-audit

Script types: portrule
Categories: discovery, safe
Download: https://svn.nmap.org/nmap/scripts/mysql-audit.nse

Script Summary

Audits MySQL database server security configuration against parts of the CIS MySQL v1.0.2 benchmark (the engine can be used for other MySQL audits by creating appropriate audit files).

Script Arguments

mysql-audit.password

the password with which to connect to the database

mysql-audit.username

the username with which to connect to the database

mysql-audit.filename

the name of the file containing the audit rulebase, "mysql-cis.audit" by default

Example Usage

nmap -p 3306 --script mysql-audit --script-args "mysql-audit.username='root', \
  mysql-audit.password='foobar',mysql-audit.filename='nselib/data/mysql-cis.audit'"

Script Output 

PORT     STATE SERVICE
3306/tcp open  mysql
| mysql-audit:
|   CIS MySQL Benchmarks v1.0.2
|       3.1: Skip symbolic links => PASS
|       3.2: Logs not on system partition => PASS
|       3.2: Logs not on database partition => PASS
|       4.1: Supported version of MySQL => REVIEW
|         Version: 5.1.54-1ubuntu4
|       4.4: Remove test database => PASS
|       4.5: Change admin account name => FAIL
|       4.7: Verify Secure Password Hashes => PASS
|       4.9: Wildcards in user hostname => FAIL
|         The following users were found with wildcards in hostname
|           root
|           super
|           super2
|       4.10: No blank passwords => PASS
|       4.11: Anonymous account => PASS
|       5.1: Access to mysql database => REVIEW
|         Verify the following users that have access to the MySQL database
|           user              host
|           root              localhost
|           root              patrik-11
|           root              127.0.0.1
|           debian-sys-maint  localhost
|           root              %
|           super             %
|       5.2: Do not grant FILE privileges to non Admin users => REVIEW
|         The following users were found having the FILE privilege
|           super
|           super2
|       5.3: Do not grant PROCESS privileges to non Admin users => REVIEW
|         The following users were found having the PROCESS privilege
|           super
|       5.4: Do not grant SUPER privileges to non Admin users => REVIEW
|         The following users were found having the SUPER privilege
|           super
|       5.5: Do not grant SHUTDOWN privileges to non Admin users => REVIEW
|         The following users were found having the SHUTDOWN privilege
|           super
|       5.6: Do not grant CREATE USER privileges to non Admin users => REVIEW
|         The following users were found having the CREATE USER privilege
|           super
|       5.7: Do not grant RELOAD privileges to non Admin users => REVIEW
|         The following users were found having the RELOAD privilege
|           super
|       5.8: Do not grant GRANT privileges to non Admin users => PASS
|       6.2: Disable Load data local => FAIL
|       6.3: Disable old password hashing => PASS
|       6.4: Safe show database => FAIL
|       6.5: Secure auth => FAIL
|       6.6: Grant tables => FAIL
|       6.7: Skip merge => FAIL
|       6.8: Skip networking => FAIL
|       6.9: Safe user create => FAIL
|       6.10: Skip symbolic links => FAIL
|
|_      The audit was performed using the db-account: root

Requires

Author:

  • Patrik Karlsson

License: Same as Nmap--See https://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html