Invoke-HostRecon - Empire Module


This page contains detailed information about how to use the powershell/situational_awareness/host/hostrecon Empire module. For list of all Empire modules, visit the Empire Module Library.

Module Overview

Name: Invoke-HostRecon
Module: powershell/situational_awareness/host/hostrecon
Source code [1]: empire/server/modules/powershell/situational_awareness/host/hostrecon.yaml
Source code [2]: empire/server/data/module_source/situational_awareness/host/HostRecon.ps1
MITRE ATT&CK: T1082
Language: PowerShell
Needs admin: No
OPSEC safe: Yes
Background: No

Invoke-HostRecon runs a number of checks on a system to help provide situational awareness to a penetration tester during the reconnaissance phase It gathers information about the local system, users, and domain information.

This module runs in a foreground and is OPSEC unsafe as it writes on the disk and therefore could be detected by AV/EDR running on the target system.

Note that the hostrecon module does not need administrative privileges to work properly which means that a normal user can run this module.

Required Module Options

This is a list of options that are required by the hostrecon module:

Agent
Agent to enumerate trusted documents from.

Additional Module Options

This is a list of additional options that are supported by the hostrecon module:

OutputFunction
PowerShell's output function to use ("Out-String", "ConvertTo-Json", "ConvertTo-Csv", "ConvertTo-Html", "ConvertTo-Xml").
Default value: Out-String.
Suggested values: Out-String, ConvertTo-Json, ConvertTo-Csv, ConvertTo-Html, ConvertTo-Xml.

Hostrecon Example Usage

Here's an example of how to use the hostrecon module in the Empire client console:

[+] New agent Y4LHEV83 checked in
[*] Sending agent (stage 2) to Y4LHEV83 at 192.168.204.135
(empire usestager/windows/ducky) > usemodule powershell/situational_awareness/host/hostrecon

 Author       @mishradhiraj_                                                       
 Background   False                                                                
 Comments     Original .ps1 file                                                   
              https://github.com/dafthack/HostRecon/blob/master/HostRecon.ps1      
 Description  Invoke-HostRecon runs a number of checks on a system to help provide 
              situational awareness to a penetration tester during the             
              reconnaissance phase It gathers information about the local system,  
              users, and domain information.                                       
 Language     powershell                                                           
 Name         powershell/situational_awareness/host/hostrecon                      
 NeedsAdmin   False                                                                
 OpsecSafe    True                                                                 
 Techniques   http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1082                             


,Record Options--,------------,----------,-------------------------------------,
| Name           | Value      | Required | Description                         |
|----------------|------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| Agent          |            | True     | Agent to enumerate trusted          |
|                |            |          | documents from.                     |
|----------------|------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| OutputFunction | Out-String | False    | PowerShell's output function to use |
|                |            |          | ("Out-String", "ConvertTo-Json",    |
|                |            |          | "ConvertTo-Csv", "ConvertTo-Html",  |
|                |            |          | "ConvertTo-Xml").                   |
'----------------'------------'----------'-------------------------------------'

(Empire: usemodule/powershell/situational_awareness/host/hostrecon) > set Agent Y4LHEV83
[*] Set Agent to Y4LHEV83
(Empire: usemodule/powershell/situational_awareness/host/hostrecon) > execute
[*] Tasked Y4LHEV83 to run Task 1
...

Now wait for the results to come.

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References

See Also

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Version

This page has been created based on Empire version 4.1.3 (BC Security Fork).
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