icesurfer writes

"Hello fellow security enthusiasts,

a new version of sqlninja is out at sourceforge !

Introduction
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sqlninja is a tool to exploit SQL Injection vulnerabilities on a web application that uses Microsoft SQL Server as its back-end. Its main goal is to provide a remote shell on the vulnerable DB server, even in a very hostile environment. It should be used by penetr ation testers to help and automate the process of taking over a DB Server when a SQL Injection vulnerability has been discovered. It is released under the GPLv2, it is written in perl and runs on Unix-like boxes. You can find it, together with a flash demo of its features, at the address http://sqlninja.sourceforge.net

What's new
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# Test mode, that checks whether the configuration is correct and the injection is successful
# Debug option, which allows to print SQL commands and raw HTTP request/response data. Useful when things are not working and you wa nt to see what's going on under the hood
# Files are uploaded to %TEMP%, bypassing possible write restrictions
# A simplified way to configure the injection parameters
# Interactive config file generation

What's not so new
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# Fingerprint of the remote SQL Server (version, user performing the queries, user privileges, xp_cmdshell availability)
# Bruteforce of 'sa' password
# Privilege escalation to 'sa' if its password has been found
# Creation of a custom xp_cmdshell if the original one has been disabled
# Upload of netcat.exe (or any other executable) using only 100% ASCII GET/POST requests, so no need for FTP connections
# TCP/UDP portscan from the target SQL Server to the attacking machine, in order to find a port that is allowed by the firewall of t he target network and use it for a reverse shell
# Direct and reverse bindshell, both TCP and UDP
# DNS-tunneled pseudo-shell, when no TCP/UDP ports are available for a direct/reverse shell, but the DB server can resolve external hostnames

Tool Link: http://sqlninja.sourceforge.net