How To Install odat on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install odat on Kali Linux. odat is Oracle Database Attacking Tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install odat on Kali Linux.

What is odat

odat is:

This package contains the ODAT (Oracle Database Attacking Tool), an open source penetration testing tool that tests the security of Oracle Databases remotely.

Usage examples of ODAT:

  • You have an Oracle database listening remotely and want to find valid SIDs and credentials in order to connect to the database
  • You have a valid Oracle account on a database and want to escalate your privileges to become DBA or SYSDBA
  • You have a Oracle account and you want to execute system commands (e.g. reverse shell) in order to move forward on the operating system hosting the database

There are three methods to install odat on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install odat Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install odat using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install odat

Install odat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install odat using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install odat

Install odat Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install odat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install odat

How To Uninstall odat on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the odat package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove odat

Uninstall odat And Its Dependencies

To uninstall odat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove odat

Remove odat Configurations and Data

To remove odat configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge odat

Remove odat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove odat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge odat

Dependencies

odat have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install odat package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.