Andreas Wolter • 8/1/2013

CONTROL SERVER vs. sysadmin/sa: permissions, system procedures, DBCC, automatic schema creation and privilege escalation caveats

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This technical article analyzes SQL Server security, focusing on how the CONTROL SERVER permission can be exploited for privilege escalation to sysadmin. It debunks the myth that only sysadmins can alter the 'trustworthy' setting and compares Microsoft's design to Oracle's more restrictive DBA/SYSDBA separation. The content references specific exploit techniques and critiques the underlying security architecture.

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