Re: Reconfiguring cmdshell

Reminds me of an old American Indian proverb - if you see a small bear in the woods don't be happy, there is always a bigger bear behind it. "Beware of the next level".

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On Jun 30, 2012, at 12:06 PM, Smiling Buddha wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am on a pentest assignment and have encountered an sql injection
> vulnerability with an SQL Server 2005 in the background, complete with
> dbo level access. I have successfully retrieved DB values and have
> already presented as evidence. Now, i am directed to take the attack
> to the next level and see the extent of the problem.
> 
> I am trying to run the xp_cmdshell stored procedure.
> To ensure xp_cmdshell is enabled, i am running the following two queries:
> 
> EXEC master..sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell', '1'
> RECONFIGURE
> in the vulnerable parameter as:
> 
> ';EXEC master..sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell', '1''     - This query
> replies without any error
> 
> But when i append RECONFIGURE the following it returns an error:
> 
> ';EXEC master..sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell', '1';RECONFIGURE'   -
> Incorrect syntax near "
> 
> 
> I looked up the sp_configure functionality and don't see any
> syntactical error, maybe the sequence, or incorrectly formed stacked
> query.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> Thanx.
> 
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