SQLite Trace: extracting SQLite queries made by any arbitrary binary
SQLite Trace is a tool that extracts SQLite queries executed by any binary, enabling analysis of database interactions without source code access.
Background
- SQLite is the world's most widely deployed embedded database engine, used inside countless apps, browsers, and devices — often without the user realizing it.
- This project, `sqlite-trace`, intercepts SQL queries that a running program sends to SQLite in real time, without needing the program's source code or recompilation.
- It works by hooking into the SQLite library at the binary level (using dynamic instrumentation / LD_PRELOAD or similar techniques common in reverse engineering and security research).
- The tool is useful for debugging opaque applications, auditing what data an unknown binary accesses, or understanding legacy software where the original source is lost.