documentation/modules/auxiliary/admin/mssql/mssql_idf.md
## Description
This (Interesting Data Finder) module will connect to a remote MSSQL server using a given set of credentials and search for rows and columns with "interesting" names. This information can help you fine-tune further attacks against the database.
### Setup
Install MSSQL server on a windows machine.
Set up an example database and table with interesting columns:
```tsql
USE [master];
-- Drop and create a new example database if it exists
GO
IF DB_ID (N'example_database') IS NOT NULL
DROP DATABASE [example_database];
GO
CREATE DATABASE [example_database];
GO
-- Use the new database
USE [example_database];
GO
-- Create an interesting table
CREATE TABLE [example_table] (
ExampleId INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
Username NVARCHAR(255),
Email NVARCHAR(255),
Password NVARCHAR(255),
BankCreditCard NVARCHAR(255)
);
GO
-- Create interesting data
INSERT INTO [example_table] (ExampleId, Username, Email, Password, BankCreditCard)
VALUES
(1, 'username-1', 'email-1', 'password-1', 'bank-credit-card-1'),
(2, 'username-2', 'email-2', 'password-2', 'bank-credit-card-2');
GO
```
## Verification Steps
1. Do: ```use auxiliary/admin/mssql/mssql_idf```
2. Do: ```set RHOSTS [IP]```
3. Do: ```set THREADS [number of threads]```
4. Do: ```run```
## Scenarios
```
msf > use auxiliary/admin/mssql/mssql_idf
msf auxiliary(mssql_idf) > set NAMES username|password
NAMES => username|password
msf auxiliary(mssql_idf) > set PASSWORD password1
PASSWORD => password1
msf auxiliary(mssql_idf) > set RHOST 192.168.1.195
RHOST => 192.168.1.195
msf auxiliary(mssql_idf) > run
Database Schema Table Column Data Type Row Count
======== ====== ============== ===================== ========= ========= ======== ====== ============== ===================== ========= =========
msdb dbo sysmail_server username nvarchar 0
msdb dbo backupmediaset is_password_protected bit 0
msdb dbo backupset is_password_protected bit 0
logins dbo userpass username varchar 3
logins dbo userpass password varchar 3
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
msf auxiliary(mssql_idf) >
```