sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapGenericException

timeout occurred while attempting to open a remote session

Error message

timeout occurred while attempting to open a remote session

What it means

Error "timeout occurred while attempting to open a remote session" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/takeover/metasploit.py:570

                timeout = time.time() - start_time > METASPLOIT_SESSION_TIMEOUT

                if not initialized:
                    match = re.search(b"Meterpreter session ([\\d]+) opened", out)

                    if match:
                        self._loadMetExtensions(proc, match.group(1))

                        if "shell" in self.payloadStr:
                            send_all(proc, "whoami\n" if Backend.isOs(OS.WINDOWS) else "uname -a ; id\n")
                            time.sleep(2)

                        initialized = True
                    elif timeout:
                        proc.kill()
                        errMsg = "timeout occurred while attempting "
                        errMsg += "to open a remote session"
                        raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)

            except select.error as ex:
                # Reference: https://github.com/andymccurdy/redis-py/pull/743/commits/2b59b25bb08ea09e98aede1b1f23a270fc085a9f
                if ex.args[0] == errno.EINTR:
                    continue
                else:
                    return proc.returncode
            except (EOFError, IOError):
                return proc.returncode
            except KeyboardInterrupt:
                pass

    def createMsfShellcode(self, exitfunc, format, extra, encode):
        infoMsg = "creating Metasploit Framework multi-stage shellcode "
        logger.info(infoMsg)

        self._randStr = randomStr(lowercase=True)
        self._shellcodeFilePath = os.path.join(conf.outputPath, "tmpm%s" % self._randStr)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/takeover/metasploit.py:570 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Timeouts: ETIMEDOUT, deadlines, and hung requests — what actually expires when a request times out.

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