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Archive for December, 2007

Oracle Forensics Book ~ Now Available

About time too! Copies available through Rampant Techpress. Author’s copies in the UK can be made available to reviewers by contacting reviewcopy@oracleforensics.com.
Cheers and Merry Christmas 2007

SYSDBA Backdoor without direct OS access

First half of SYSDBA BACKDOOR paper is easily done without OS access
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Attacker brute forces a SYSDBA user and wishes to create a user that is hidden from SYS.USER$.
1. CREATE USER
2. GRANT SYSDBA TO USER
3. Rename password file via UTL_FILE.RENAME (requires CREATE DIRECTORY).
4. DROP USER via the DB to lose from SYS.USER$
5. Rename password file back
In [...]