Re: [GENERAL] Replacing MD5 hash in pg_auth...

2006-04-17 Thread Andrew - Supernews
On 2006-04-15, "Peter van der Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Is it correct to assume that if a user has write permission to > \data\global\pg_auth on a Win32 machine, the superuser's MD5 hash can be > replaced with one of a known origin in order to own the DB? It's worse than that.

Re: [GENERAL] Replacing MD5 hash in pg_auth...

2006-04-14 Thread Tom Lane
Steve Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Apr 14, 2006, at 6:47 PM, Peter van der Maas wrote: >> Is it correct to assume that if a user has write permission to >> \data\global\pg_auth on a Win32 machine, the superuser's MD5 hash >> can be replaced with one of a known origin in order to own th

Re: [GENERAL] Replacing MD5 hash in pg_auth...

2006-04-14 Thread Steve Atkins
On Apr 14, 2006, at 6:47 PM, Peter van der Maas wrote: Hello, Is it correct to assume that if a user has write permission to \data\global\pg_auth on a Win32 machine, the superuser's MD5 hash can be replaced with one of a known origin in order to own the DB? Probably. It'd be much easier t