Working with auxiliary admin modules

Moving ahead with our module experiment, we will learn about some admin modules which can be really handy during penetration testing. The admin modules can serve different purposes, such as it can look for an admin panel, or it can try for admin login, and so on. It depends upon the functionality of the module. Here we will look at a simple admin auxiliary module named the mysql_enum module.

Getting ready

The mysql_enum module is a special utility module for MySQL database servers. This module provides simple enumeration of the MySQL database server provided proper credentials are granted to connect remotely. Let us understand it in detail by using the module.

How to do it...

We will start with launching the msfconsole and providing the path for the auxiliary module:

msf > use auxiliary/admin/mysql/mysql_enum

msf  auxiliary(mysql_enum) > show options

Module options (auxiliary/admin/mysql/mysql_enum):

   Name      Current Setting  Required  Description...