xp_cmdshell with low permission

From: Frederic Charpentier (fcharpen@xmcopartners.com)
Date: Sat Oct 15 2005 - 10:40:22 EDT


Hello all,

I'm conducting a pentest on a IIS/Coldfusion/MSSQL server.
I've found a sql injection flaw, but the server does not allow me to run
"xp_cmdshell" commands.

I use the following trick : exec master.dbo.xp_cmdshell "dir"; --

The server response :
EXECUTE permission denied on object 'xp_cmdshell', database 'master',
owner 'dbo'.

I understand the coldfusion script use a low privileged user. So, two
questions :

- Is there another way to use xp_cmdshell ?
- Is it possible to change the current user ? (like
http://../script?param=1';user(sa,"sa");exec master.dbo.xp_cmdshell
"dir"; --

Thanks in advance for ideas.

FRED

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