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Security Issues With LOAD DATA LOCAL – MySQL Security

The LOAD DATA statement can load a file that is located on the server host, or it can load a file that is located on the client host when the LOCAL keyword is specified. There are two potential security issues with supporting the LOCAL version of LOAD DATA statements: The transfer of the file from the client host to the server host is initiated by the MySQL server. In theory, a patched server…