{"record":{"id":"005d30e3623a1b4f","repo":"sqlmapproject/sqlmap","slug":"you-need-to-run-sqlmap-as-an-administrator-if-you-005d30","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"you need to run sqlmap as an administrator if you want to perform a DNS data exfiltration attack as it will need to listen on privileged UDP port 53 for incoming address resolution attempts","messagePattern":"you need to run sqlmap as an administrator if you want to perform a DNS data exfiltration attack as it will need to listen on privileged UDP port 53 for incoming address resolution attempts","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"SqlmapMissingPrivileges","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/core/option.py","lineNumber":2675,"sourceCode":"    infoMsg = \"setting up DNS server instance\"\n    logger.info(infoMsg)\n\n    isAdmin = runningAsAdmin()\n\n    if isAdmin:\n        try:\n            conf.dnsServer = DNSServer()\n            conf.dnsServer.run()\n        except socket.error as ex:\n            errMsg = \"there was an error while setting up \"\n            errMsg += \"DNS server instance ('%s')\" % getSafeExString(ex)\n            raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)\n    else:\n        errMsg = \"you need to run sqlmap as an administrator \"\n        errMsg += \"if you want to perform a DNS data exfiltration attack \"\n        errMsg += \"as it will need to listen on privileged UDP port 53 \"\n        errMsg += \"for incoming address resolution attempts\"\n        raise SqlmapMissingPrivileges(errMsg)\n\ndef _setProxyList():\n    if not conf.proxyFile:\n        return\n\n    conf.proxyList = []\n    # Note: preserve an explicit scheme and any 'user:pass@' credentials (entries use the same format\n    # as --proxy); otherwise a SOCKS proxy is silently downgraded to HTTP and proxy auth is dropped\n    for match in re.finditer(r\"(?i)((http[^:\\s]*|socks[^:\\s]*)://)?(?:([^:@\\s/]+:[^@\\s/]*)@)?([\\w\\-.]+):(\\d+)\", readCachedFileContent(conf.proxyFile)):\n        _, type_, cred, address, port = match.groups()\n        conf.proxyList.append(\"%s://%s%s:%s\" % (type_ or \"http\", (\"%s@\" % cred) if cred else \"\", address, port))\n\ndef _setTorProxySettings():\n    if not conf.tor:\n        return\n\n    if conf.torType == PROXY_TYPE.HTTP:\n        _setTorHttpProxySettings()","sourceCodeStart":2657,"sourceCodeEnd":2693,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/blob/0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d/lib/core/option.py#L2657-L2693","documentation":"Error \"you need to run sqlmap as an administrator if you want to perform a DNS data exfiltration attack as it will need to listen on privileged UDP port 53 for incoming address resolution attempts\" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/core/option.py:2675 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-26T23:02:52.002Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-27T03:17:27.898Z"}