to the browser (via Cross Site Scripting), to the LDAP server (LDAP injection), or anywhere else. The problem here is that the attacker can inject commands to hijack clients’ browsers, resulting in loss of data.
SQL injection is a code injection technique considered to be one of the most dangerous web application threats. In an SQL injection attack, adversaries insert malicious code into user input fields to trick the database into executing SQL commands, with the aim of stealing, tampering with, or sa...
A prime example of a feature that you may want disabled is xp_cmdshell, which provides a way of executing commands on the host Windows system from within the context of a SQL Server instance. If an intruder compromises the SQL Server instance, and the SQL Server service account has elevated...
Exploit: A piece of software, data or sequence of commands that takes advantage of avulnerabilityto cause unintended behavior or to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data. Email spoofing: The creation of emails with a forged sender address. Because core email protocols lack authentication, phishi...
Azure SQL VMs (IaaS) SQL Server Audience The intended audiences for this guide are customers facing questions on how to secure Azure SQL Database. The roles interested in this best practice article include, but not limited to: Security Architects ...
When a SQL injection attack is successful, sensitive information can be read, stolen, modified, inserted, updated, or deleted. Cyberattackers can also execute administration processes, like shutdown, on the database; recover content from any given file; and even issue commands to the operating sy...
Reading Time: 3 min(s) The following is an extensive library of security solutions, articles and guides that are meant to be helpful and informative resources on a range of Web vulnerability types, including, but not limited to, Cross-Site Scripting, SQL injection, CSRF injection and insufficie...
When a SQL injection attack is successful, sensitive information can be read, stolen, modified, inserted, updated, or deleted. Cyberattackers can also execute administration processes, like shutdown, on the database; recover content from any given file; and even issue commands to the operating sy...
CVSS v3 Scores National Vulnerability DatabaseSUSE Base Score88.1 VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Attack VectorNetworkNetwork Attack ComplexityLowLow
CWE-89 - improperly neutralizing special elements in SQL commands (SQL injection). Severity score: 22.11 CWE-20 - improperly validating input. Severity score: 20.63. CWE-125 - out-of-bounds reading. Severity score: 17.67. CWE-78 - improperly neutralizing special elements in operating system comma...