Database exploitation
Let's discuss testing database services. In this section, our primary goal is to test the databases and check for various vulnerabilities. Databases contain critical business data. Therefore, if there are any vulnerabilities in the database management system, this can lead to remote code execution or full network compromise, which can lead to the exposure of a company's confidential data. Data related to financial transactions, medical records, criminal records, products, sales, marketing, and so on can be valuable to the buyers of these databases in the underground community.
To make sure the databases are fully secure, we need to develop methodologies for testing these services against various types of attacks. Now, let's start testing databases and look at the different phases of conducting a penetration test on a database.
SQL server
Microsoft launched its database server back in 1989. Today, a significant proportion of websites run...