tldr/pages/common/mssqlclient.py.md

mssqlclient.py

Connect to Microsoft SQL Server instances and execute queries. Part of the Impacket suite. More information: https://github.com/fortra/impacket.

• Connect to an MSSQL server using Windows authentication:

mssqlclient.py -windows-auth {{domain}}/{{username}}:{{password}}@{{target}}

• Connect using SQL server authentication:

mssqlclient.py {{username}}:{{password}}@{{target}}

• Connect using pass-the-hash authentication:

mssqlclient.py {{domain}}/{{username}}@{{target}} -hashes {{LM_Hash}}:{{NT_Hash}}

• Connect using Kerberos authentication (requires valid tickets):

mssqlclient.py -k {{domain}}/{{username}}@{{target}}

• Execute a specific SQL command upon connection:

mssqlclient.py {{username}}:{{password}}@{{target}} -query "{{SELECT user_name();}}"

• Execute multiple SQL commands from a file:

mssqlclient.py {{username}}:{{password}}@{{target}} -file {{path/to/sql_file.sql}}

• Connect to a specific database instance (default is None):

mssqlclient.py {{username}}:{{password}}@{{target}} -db {{database_name}}

• Display SQL queries before execution:

mssqlclient.py {{username}}:{{password}}@{{target}} -show