---
id: 8224
title: "Decrypting MSSQL Credential Passwords"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/adversary-simulation/decrypting-mssql-credential-passwords/"
published_at: "2015-01-26T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["powershell", "post-exploitation", "mssql", "sql-server", "credential-decryption"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8224"
lang: en
---

# Decrypting MSSQL Credential Passwords

## Summary

SQL Server stores credential passwords reversibly encrypted in master.sys.sysobjvalues, so sysadmin attackers can decrypt them. NetSPI updates its PowerShell script for post-exploitation recovery.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2015-01-26T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/adversary-simulation/decrypting-mssql-credential-passwords/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8224