MySQL default account: root/no password
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12/31/2002
07/25/2018
11/01/2004
08/22/2013
Description
The default configuration of the Windows binary release of MySQL 3.23.2 through 3.23.52 has a NULL root password, which could allow remote attackers to gain unauthorized root access to the MySQL database.
Solution(s)
- mysql-change-password
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