Invoke-ARPScan - Empire Module
This page contains detailed information about how to use the powershell/situational_awareness/network/arpscan Empire module. For list of all Empire modules, visit the Empire Module Library.
Module Overview
Name: Invoke-ARPScan
Module: powershell/situational_awareness/network/arpscan
Source code [1]: empire/server/modules/powershell/situational_awareness/network/arpscan.yaml
Source code [2]: empire/server/data/module_source/situational_awareness/network/Invoke-ARPScan.ps1
MITRE ATT&CK:
T1016, S0099
Language: PowerShell
Needs admin: No
OPSEC safe: Yes
Background: Yes
The arpscan module performs an ARP scan against a given range of IPv4 IP Addresses.
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 arpscan 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 arpscan module:
Agent
Agent to run module on.
Additional Module Options
This is a list of additional options that are supported by the arpscan module:
CIDR
CIDR to ARP scan.
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
.
Range
Range to ARP scan.
Arpscan Example Usage
Here's an example of how to use the arpscan 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/network/arpscan
Author DarkOperator
Background True
Comments https://github.com/darkoperator/Posh-
SecMod/blob/master/Discovery/Discovery.psm1
Description Performs an ARP scan against a given range of IPv4 IP Addresses.
Language powershell
Name powershell/situational_awareness/network/arpscan
NeedsAdmin False
OpsecSafe True
Software http://attack.mitre.org/software/S0099
Techniques http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1016
,Record Options--,------------,----------,-------------------------------------,
| Name | Value | Required | Description |
|----------------|------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| Agent | | True | Agent to run module on. |
|----------------|------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| CIDR | | False | CIDR to ARP scan. |
|----------------|------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| OutputFunction | Out-String | False | PowerShell's output function to use |
| | | | ("Out-String", "ConvertTo-Json", |
| | | | "ConvertTo-Csv", "ConvertTo-Html", |
| | | | "ConvertTo-Xml"). |
|----------------|------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| Range | | False | Range to ARP scan. |
'----------------'------------'----------'-------------------------------------'
(Empire: usemodule/powershell/situational_awareness/network/arpscan) > set Agent Y4LHEV83
[*] Set Agent to Y4LHEV83
(Empire: usemodule/powershell/situational_awareness/network/arpscan) > execute
[*] Tasked Y4LHEV83 to run Task 1
...
Now wait for the results to come.
Author
- DarkOperator
References
- https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire/tree/master/empire/server/modules/powershell/situational_awareness/network/arpscan.yaml
- https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire/tree/master/empire/server/data/module_source/situational_awareness/network/Invoke-ARPScan.ps1
- https://github.com/darkoperator/Posh-SecMod/blob/master/Discovery/Discovery.psm1
- http://attack.mitre.org/software/S0099
- http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1016
- https://github.com/darkoperator/Posh-SecMod/
See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- powershell/situational_awareness/network/bloodhound3
- powershell/situational_awareness/network/reverse_dns
- powershell/situational_awareness/network/get_sql_server_info
- powershell/situational_awareness/network/smbscanner
- powershell/situational_awareness/network/bloodhound
- powershell/situational_awareness/network/get_kerberos_service_ticket
- powershell/situational_awareness/network/portscan
- powershell/situational_awareness/network/get_sql_instance_domain
- powershell/situational_awareness/network/smblogin
- powershell/situational_awareness/network/smbautobrute
- powershell/situational_awareness/network/get_spn
Version
This page has been created based on Empire version 4.1.3 (BC Security Fork).
Visit Empire Module Library for more modules.