sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapFilePathException

the provided database file '%s' does not exist

Error message

the provided database file '%s' does not exist

What it means

Error "the provided database file '%s' does not exist" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/utils/sqlalchemy.py:72

        if conf.dbmsUser:
            self.address = self.address.replace("'%s':" % conf.dbmsUser, "%s:" % _urllib.parse.quote(conf.dbmsUser))
            self.address = self.address.replace("%s:" % conf.dbmsUser, "%s:" % _urllib.parse.quote(conf.dbmsUser))

        if conf.dbmsPass:
            self.address = self.address.replace(":'%s'@" % conf.dbmsPass, ":%s@" % _urllib.parse.quote(conf.dbmsPass))
            self.address = self.address.replace(":%s@" % conf.dbmsPass, ":%s@" % _urllib.parse.quote(conf.dbmsPass))

        if self.dialect:
            self.address = re.sub(r"\A.+://", "%s://" % self.dialect, self.address)

    def connect(self):
        if _sqlalchemy:
            self.initConnection()

            try:
                if not self.port and self.db:
                    if not os.path.exists(self.db):
                        raise SqlmapFilePathException("the provided database file '%s' does not exist" % self.db)

                    _ = self.address.split("//", 1)
                    # Note: SQLAlchemy's absolute-SQLite form is 'sqlite:///' + abspath (the abspath's own
                    # leading '/' completes the triple slash on POSIX). A 4th slash yields db '//path' (only
                    # tolerated on Linux by accident) and, on Windows, '/C:\...' which fails to open.
                    self.address = "%s///%s" % (_[0], os.path.abspath(self.db))

                if self.dialect == "sqlite":
                    engine = _sqlalchemy.create_engine(self.address, connect_args={"check_same_thread": False})
                elif self.dialect == "oracle":
                    engine = _sqlalchemy.create_engine(self.address)
                else:
                    engine = _sqlalchemy.create_engine(self.address, connect_args={})

                self.connector = engine.connect()
            except (TypeError, ValueError) as ex:
                if "_get_server_version_info" in traceback.format_exc():
                    try:

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/utils/sqlalchemy.py:72 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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