{keyword};select Dbms_pipe.receive_message(chr(108)||chr(98)||chr(116)||chr(86),5) From Dual-- -

It looks like you've shared a snippet of code designed for an attack, specifically a time-based blind injection [1, 2]. Technical Breakdown

: This is likely a placeholder where a legitimate search term or data value would normally go.

If you are seeing this in your logs, your system is being scanned for vulnerabilities. You should take the following steps immediately: It looks like you've shared a snippet of

Use "Prepared Statements" so the database treats the input as literal text, not executable code [7].

: DUAL is a special one-row table in Oracle used to execute functions that don't need data from a specific table [6]. You should take the following steps immediately: Use

: This comments out the rest of the original query so the database doesn't throw a syntax error when it tries to run the attacker's injected code [3]. The Goal of the Attack

: This is a built-in Oracle function. In this context, it is being used to force the database to pause or "sleep" for a specific amount of time [2, 4]. The Goal of the Attack : This is

: This is an obfuscated way of writing the string "lbtV." Attackers use CHR() codes to bypass simple security filters that look for specific words [5]. ,5 : This tells the database to wait for 5 seconds [2].