Etcd Crawler - Empire Module


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Module Overview

Name: Etcd Crawler
Module: python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/etcd_crawler
Source code: empire/server/modules/python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/etcd_crawler.yaml
MITRE ATT&CK: T1426
Language: Python
Needs admin: No
OPSEC safe: Yes
Background: Yes

The etcd_crawler module pulls keys and values from an etcd configuration store.

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 etcd_crawler 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 etcd_crawler module:

Agent
Agent to execute module on.

Depth
How far into the ETCD hierarchy to recurse. 0 for root keys only, "-1" for no limitation.
Default value: -1.

Port
The etcd client communication port, typically 2379 or 1026.
Default value: 1026.

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

Etcd_crawler Example Usage

Here's an example of how to use the etcd_crawler 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/etcd_crawler

 Author       @scottjpack                                            
              @TweekFawkes                                           
 Background   True                                                   
 Comments     Docs: https://coreos.com/etcd/docs/latest/api.html     
 Description  Pull keys and values from an etcd configuration store  
 Language     python                                                 
 Name         python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/etcd_crawler 
 NeedsAdmin   False                                                  
 OpsecSafe    True                                                   
 Techniques   http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1426               


,Record Options-------,----------,-------------------------------------,
| Name   | Value      | Required | Description                         |
|--------|------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| Agent  |            | True     | Agent to execute module on.         |
|--------|------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| Depth  | -1         | True     | How far into the ETCD hierarchy to  |
|        |            |          | recurse.  0 for root keys only,     |
|        |            |          | "-1" for no limitation              |
|--------|------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| Port   | 1026       | True     | The etcd client communication port, |
|        |            |          | typically 2379 or 1026.             |
|--------|------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| Target | etcd.mesos | True     | FQDN, domain name, or hostname to   |
|        |            |          | lookup on the remote target.        |
'--------'------------'----------'-------------------------------------'

(Empire: usemodule/python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/etcd_crawler) > set Agent Y4LHEV83
[*] Set Agent to Y4LHEV83
(Empire: usemodule/python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/etcd_crawler) > set Depth -1
[*] Set Depth to -1
(Empire: usemodule/python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/etcd_crawler) > set Port 1026
[*] Set Port to 1026
(Empire: usemodule/python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/etcd_crawler) > set Target etcd.mesos
[*] Set Target to etcd.mesos
(Empire: usemodule/python/situational_awareness/network/dcos/etcd_crawler) > execute
[*] Tasked Y4LHEV83 to run Task 1
...

Now wait for the results to come.

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Version

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