sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapMissingPrivileges

you need to run sqlmap as an administrator if you want to pe

Error message

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

What it means

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.

Source

Thrown at lib/core/option.py:2675

    infoMsg = "setting up DNS server instance"
    logger.info(infoMsg)

    isAdmin = runningAsAdmin()

    if isAdmin:
        try:
            conf.dnsServer = DNSServer()
            conf.dnsServer.run()
        except socket.error as ex:
            errMsg = "there was an error while setting up "
            errMsg += "DNS server instance ('%s')" % getSafeExString(ex)
            raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)
    else:
        errMsg = "you need to run sqlmap as an administrator "
        errMsg += "if you want to perform a DNS data exfiltration attack "
        errMsg += "as it will need to listen on privileged UDP port 53 "
        errMsg += "for incoming address resolution attempts"
        raise SqlmapMissingPrivileges(errMsg)

def _setProxyList():
    if not conf.proxyFile:
        return

    conf.proxyList = []
    # Note: preserve an explicit scheme and any 'user:pass@' credentials (entries use the same format
    # as --proxy); otherwise a SOCKS proxy is silently downgraded to HTTP and proxy auth is dropped
    for match in re.finditer(r"(?i)((http[^:\s]*|socks[^:\s]*)://)?(?:([^:@\s/]+:[^@\s/]*)@)?([\w\-.]+):(\d+)", readCachedFileContent(conf.proxyFile)):
        _, type_, cred, address, port = match.groups()
        conf.proxyList.append("%s://%s%s:%s" % (type_ or "http", ("%s@" % cred) if cred else "", address, port))

def _setTorProxySettings():
    if not conf.tor:
        return

    if conf.torType == PROXY_TYPE.HTTP:
        _setTorHttpProxySettings()

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/core/option.py:2675 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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