Database assessment tools

In this section, we have combined all the three categories of the Kali Linux database analysis tools (MSSQL, MySQL, and Oracle) and presented the selected tools based on their main functions and capabilities. This set of tools mainly deals with fingerprinting, enumeration, password auditing, and assessing the target with SQL injection attacks, thus allowing an auditor to review the weaknesses found in the frontend web application as well as the backend database.

Note

To learn more about SQL injection attacks and their types, visit http://hakipedia.com/index.php/SQL_Injection.

SQLMap

SQLMap is an advanced and automatic SQL injection tool. Its main purpose is to scan, detect, and exploit the SQL injection flaws for a given ...

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