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# 3306 - MySQL

### MySQL service Linux privilege escalation

Under certain circumstances, notably the MySQL process running under root privileges, the service can be abused to conduct a privilege escalation.

Refer to the `Linux - Priv Esc Methodology` note for a detailed procedure to do so.