Lesson Plan Title: How to Perform Command Injection

 

Concept / Topic To Teach:

Command injection attacks represent a serious threat to any parameter-driven site. The methods behind an attack are easy to learn and the damage caused can range from considerable to complete system compromise. Despite these risks an incredible number of systems on the internet are susceptible to this form of attack.

 

Not only is it a threat easily instigated, it is also a threat that, with a little common-sense and forethought, can be almost totally prevented. This lesson will show the student several examples of parameter injection.

 

It is always good practice to sanitize all input data, especially data that will used in OS command, scripts, and database queries.

 

General Goal(s):

The user should be able to execute any command on the hosting OS.

 

Figure 1 Lesson 16

 

Solution:

 

Select a lesson from the drop-down box and click on "View".

 

 

Intercept the request with WebScarab when you click on "View". Append " & netstat -an & ipconfig" to the HelpFile parameter. Do not forget the double quote!

 

Figure 2 Injecting command netstat & ipconfig

 

The result contains the output of the command netstat and ipconfig.

 

Figure 3 Command Injection results