Computer Security Applicationsintermediate
Arrange the steps of a SQL injection authentication bypass in chronological order, from first to last: - The application grants unauthorized access based on the query result - The database parses and executes the altered query logic - The application concatenates the unvalidated input into a SQL query - The attacker submits crafted input containing SQL syntax into a login form
Answer
The attacker submits crafted input containing SQL syntax into a login form, The application concatenates the unvalidated input into a SQL query, The database parses and executes the altered query logic, The application grants unauthorized access based on the query result
Explanation
### The order
1. **The application constructs a query**: the login form is connected to a database operation.
2. **The attacker supplies crafted input**: the input is accepted by the vulnerable application.
3. **The query logic is altered**: unsafe construction allows the input to affect the command.
4. **The application processes the altered query**: the database evaluates the changed instructions, potentially changing the authentication result.
### Terms
- **Query**: a request that asks a database to retrieve or process information.
- **Authentication**: verifying a user's claimed identity.
### Remember
The vulnerability depends on input changing the query before the database processes it.
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