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How comes that login with no rights cam give himself db_creator?


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I just created a new login using the GUI, which generates this script:



USE [master]
GO
CREATE LOGIN [tester] WITH PASSWORD=N'tester', DEFAULT_DATABASE=[master],
CHECK_EXPIRATION=OFF, CHECK_POLICY=OFF
GO
use [master]
GO
GRANT CREATE ANY DATABASE TO [tester]
GO


This login was granted to a person who wanted to make a new database. I didn't want to give him db_creator rights, so I used the code above. However, after he installed his application (in which the cration of a database is included), I check the login again, and now it has the db_creator server role! Somehow he has granted this to himself, and theoretically he could delete my databases now! I've tested this 3 times to make sure what this is indeed what is happening. I've made a trigger to prevent the deletion of databases, which he can't access, but I'm still worried.



How is this even possible and how can I prevent it?










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    I just created a new login using the GUI, which generates this script:



    USE [master]
    GO
    CREATE LOGIN [tester] WITH PASSWORD=N'tester', DEFAULT_DATABASE=[master],
    CHECK_EXPIRATION=OFF, CHECK_POLICY=OFF
    GO
    use [master]
    GO
    GRANT CREATE ANY DATABASE TO [tester]
    GO


    This login was granted to a person who wanted to make a new database. I didn't want to give him db_creator rights, so I used the code above. However, after he installed his application (in which the cration of a database is included), I check the login again, and now it has the db_creator server role! Somehow he has granted this to himself, and theoretically he could delete my databases now! I've tested this 3 times to make sure what this is indeed what is happening. I've made a trigger to prevent the deletion of databases, which he can't access, but I'm still worried.



    How is this even possible and how can I prevent it?










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      I just created a new login using the GUI, which generates this script:



      USE [master]
      GO
      CREATE LOGIN [tester] WITH PASSWORD=N'tester', DEFAULT_DATABASE=[master],
      CHECK_EXPIRATION=OFF, CHECK_POLICY=OFF
      GO
      use [master]
      GO
      GRANT CREATE ANY DATABASE TO [tester]
      GO


      This login was granted to a person who wanted to make a new database. I didn't want to give him db_creator rights, so I used the code above. However, after he installed his application (in which the cration of a database is included), I check the login again, and now it has the db_creator server role! Somehow he has granted this to himself, and theoretically he could delete my databases now! I've tested this 3 times to make sure what this is indeed what is happening. I've made a trigger to prevent the deletion of databases, which he can't access, but I'm still worried.



      How is this even possible and how can I prevent it?










      share|improve this question














      I just created a new login using the GUI, which generates this script:



      USE [master]
      GO
      CREATE LOGIN [tester] WITH PASSWORD=N'tester', DEFAULT_DATABASE=[master],
      CHECK_EXPIRATION=OFF, CHECK_POLICY=OFF
      GO
      use [master]
      GO
      GRANT CREATE ANY DATABASE TO [tester]
      GO


      This login was granted to a person who wanted to make a new database. I didn't want to give him db_creator rights, so I used the code above. However, after he installed his application (in which the cration of a database is included), I check the login again, and now it has the db_creator server role! Somehow he has granted this to himself, and theoretically he could delete my databases now! I've tested this 3 times to make sure what this is indeed what is happening. I've made a trigger to prevent the deletion of databases, which he can't access, but I'm still worried.



      How is this even possible and how can I prevent it?







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          By using the listed script, the user cannot give himself server level create db rights. My next step would look to see if it's possible someone else with sysadmin or high-level permissions did that for him because they misunderstood permissions.






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          • The person and I were the only one working on the database. As I didn't give him the permissions, there would seem no other option than him doing it...

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          By using the listed script, the user cannot give himself server level create db rights. My next step would look to see if it's possible someone else with sysadmin or high-level permissions did that for him because they misunderstood permissions.






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          By using the listed script, the user cannot give himself server level create db rights. My next step would look to see if it's possible someone else with sysadmin or high-level permissions did that for him because they misunderstood permissions.






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          By using the listed script, the user cannot give himself server level create db rights. My next step would look to see if it's possible someone else with sysadmin or high-level permissions did that for him because they misunderstood permissions.






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          • The person and I were the only one working on the database. As I didn't give him the permissions, there would seem no other option than him doing it...

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          The person and I were the only one working on the database. As I didn't give him the permissions, there would seem no other option than him doing it...

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          The person and I were the only one working on the database. As I didn't give him the permissions, there would seem no other option than him doing it...

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