[REVS] Rootkiting Your Database
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The following security advisory is sent to the securiteam mailing list, and can be found at the SecuriTeam web site: http://www.securiteam.com - - promotion The SecuriTeam alerts list - Free, Accurate, Independent. Get your security news from a reliable source. http://www.securiteam.com/mailinglist.html - - - - - - - - - Rootkiting Your Database ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SUMMARY Operating Systems and Databases are quite similar in the architecture. Both have: Users, Processes, Jobs, Executables, Symbolic Links, etc. Therefore a database can be considered to be a kind of an operating system. If a database is a kind of operating system it should be possible to migrate operating system malware (like rootkits or viruses) to the database world. The following linked paper will try to explain how this migration can be done. DETAILS Abstract: Alexander Kornbrust has found a new class of security vulnerabilities. By doing modifications in the metadata it is possible to create application rootkits (e.g. database rootkits). It is for example possible to create hidden users in an Oracle database. These users are invisible to most of the tools (even Oracle security scanner). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The information has been provided by <mailto:[email protected]> Kornbrust, Alexander. The original article can be found at: <http://www.red-database-security.com/wp/db_rootkits_us.pdf> http://www.red-database-security.com/wp/db_rootkits_us.pdf ======================================== This bulletin is sent to members of the SecuriTeam mailing list. To unsubscribe from the list, send mail with an empty subject line and body to: [email protected] In order to subscribe to the mailing list, simply forward this email to: [email protected] ==================== ==================== DISCLAIMER: The information in this bulletin is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. In no event shall we be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages.