---
id: 8062
title: "Evil SQL Client Console: Msbuild All the Things"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/evil-sql-client-console-msbuild-all-the-things/"
published_at: "2020-05-04T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["red-team", "powershell", "tooling", "dotnet", "defense-evasion", "sql-server", "msbuild"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8062"
lang: en
---

# Evil SQL Client Console: Msbuild All the Things

## Summary

Evil SQL Client (ESC) is a .NET console for SQL Server discovery, access, and data exfiltration, runnable via a plain exe, MSBuild inline tasks, or PowerShell reflection for stealthy red team work.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2020-05-04T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/evil-sql-client-console-msbuild-all-the-things/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8062