Advanced MySQL Exploitation

Architecture and Background

Advanced MySQL Exploitation Muhaimin Dzulfakar Security Consultant, security-assessment.com This talk focuses on how MySQL SQL injection vulnerabilities can be used to gain remote code execution on the LAMP and WAMP environments. Attackers performing SQL injection on a MySQL platform must deal with several limitations and constraints.

Vulnerability Analysis

For example, the lack of multiple statements in one query makes MySQL an unpopular platform for remote code execution compared to other platforms. This talk will show that arbitrary code execution is possible on the MySQL platform and explain the techniques.

Exploitation and Demonstrations

In this presentation, the author will release a new tool titled MySqloit. This tool can be integrated with metasploit and is able to upload and execute shellcodes using a SQL Injection vulnerability in LAMP or WAMP environments.

Remediation and Defensive Strategies

Muhaimin Dzulfakar is a Security Consultant for Security-Assessment.com, located in Wellington, New Zealand. His primary duties include network and application penetration testing. Muhaimin Dzulfakar has a bachelor degree in Software Engineering from Multimedia University, Kuala Lumpur where he developed his own Intrusion Detection System. His research interests include exploit development methods and post exploitation process. For copies of the slides and additional materials please see the DEF CON 17 Archive here: