RE: xp_cmdshell with low permission

From: Bénoni MARTIN (Benoni.MARTIN@libertis.ga)
Date: Sun Oct 16 2005 - 11:48:43 EDT


Hi !

I do not think there are other ways to use xp_cmdshell (as I don't think there are many ways to launch an cmd command ...), but there are a couple of useful undocumented extended procedures basic MS DBAs do not get ride of when securing ther DBs :)

For example, "exec master..xp_dirtree" will give you the same than your "exec master.dbo.xp_cmdshell "dir"; --"

You will get more infos here: http://www.mssqlcity.com/Articles/Undoc/UndocExtSP.htm

Hope this helps !

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Frederic Charpentier [mailto:fcharpen@xmcopartners.com]
Envoyé : samedi 15 octobre 2005 15:40
À : pen-test@securityfocus.com
Objet : xp_cmdshell with low permission

Hello all,

I'm conducting a pentest on a IIS/Coldfusion/MSSQL server.
I've found a sql injection flaw, but the server does not allow me to run "xp_cmdshell" commands.

I use the following trick : exec master.dbo.xp_cmdshell "dir"; --

The server response :
EXECUTE permission denied on object 'xp_cmdshell', database 'master', owner 'dbo'.

I understand the coldfusion script use a low privileged user. So, two questions :

- Is there another way to use xp_cmdshell ?
- Is it possible to change the current user ? (like http://../script?param=1';user(sa,"sa");exec master.dbo.xp_cmdshell "dir"; --

Thanks in advance for ideas.

FRED

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