4.5 Ensure 'mysqld' Is Not Started with '--skip-grant-tables' - %WINDIR%\my.cnf

Information

If this option is used, all clients of the affected server will have unrestricted access to all databases.

Solution

Perform the following to establish the recommended state: Open the MySQL configuration (e.g. my.cnf) file and set: skip-grant-tables = FALSE

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/1619