Chronos API Start Job - Empire Module

This page contains detailed information about how to use the python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/chronos_api_start_job Empire module. For list of all Empire modules, visit the Empire Module Library.

Module Overview

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Name: Chronos API Start Job
Module: python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/chronos_api_start_job
Source code: empire/server/modules/python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/chronos_api_start_job.yaml
MITRE ATT&CK: T1106
Language: Python
Needs admin: No
OPSEC safe: Yes
Background: Yes

The chronos_api_start_job module starts a Chronos job using the HTTP API service for the Chronos Framework.

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

Required Module Options

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

Agent
Agent to execute module on.

Name
The name of the chronos job.
Default value: scheduledJob001.

Port
The port to connect to.
Default value: 8080.

Target
FQDN, domain name, or hostname to lookup on the remote target.
Default value: chronos.mesos.

Chronos_api_start_job Example Usage

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Here's an example of how to use the chronos_api_start_job 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 python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/chronos_api_start_job

 Author       @TweekFawkes                                                        
 Background   True                                                                
 Comments     Docs: https://mesos.github.io/chronos/docs/api.html                 
              urllib2 PUT method credits to:                                      
              http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21243834/doing-put-using-python- 
              urllib2                                                             
 Description  Start a Chronos job using the HTTP API service for the Chronos      
              Framework                                                           
 Language     python                                                              
 Name         python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/chronos_api_start_job     
 NeedsAdmin   False                                                               
 OpsecSafe    True                                                                
 Techniques   http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1106                            


,Record Options------------,----------,-----------------------------------,
| Name   | Value           | Required | Description                       |
|--------|-----------------|----------|-----------------------------------|
| Agent  |                 | True     | Agent to execute module on.       |
|--------|-----------------|----------|-----------------------------------|
| Name   | scheduledJob001 | True     | The name of the chronos job.      |
|--------|-----------------|----------|-----------------------------------|
| Port   | 8080            | True     | The port to connect to.           |
|--------|-----------------|----------|-----------------------------------|
| Target | chronos.mesos   | True     | FQDN, domain name, or hostname to |
|        |                 |          | lookup on the remote target.      |
'--------'-----------------'----------'-----------------------------------'

(Empire: usemodule/python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/chronos_api_start_job) > set Agent Y4LHEV83
[*] Set Agent to Y4LHEV83
(Empire: usemodule/python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/chronos_api_start_job) > set Name scheduledJob001
[*] Set Name to scheduledJob001
(Empire: usemodule/python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/chronos_api_start_job) > set Port 8080
[*] Set Port to 8080
(Empire: usemodule/python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/chronos_api_start_job) > set Target chronos.mesos
[*] Set Target to chronos.mesos
(Empire: usemodule/python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/chronos_api_start_job) > execute
[*] Tasked Y4LHEV83 to run Task 1
...

Now wait for the results to come.

Author

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• @TweekFawkes

References

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• https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire/tree/master/empire/server/modules/python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/chronos_api_start_job.yaml
• https://mesos.github.io/chronos/docs/api.html
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21243834/doing-put-using-python-urllib2
• http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1106

See Also

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Check also the following modules related to this module:

• python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/chronos_api_delete_job
• python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/chronos_api_add_job
• python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/marathon_api_delete_app
• python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/marathon_api_create_start_app
• python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/etcd_crawler
• python/situational_awareness/network/http_rest_api
• powershell/management/start-processasuser
• powershell/management/restart

Version

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This page has been created based on Empire version 4.1.3 (BC Security Fork).
Visit Empire Module Library for more modules.