Port Scanner. - Empire Module


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Module Overview

Name: Port Scanner.
Module: python/situational_awareness/network/port_scan
Source code: empire/server/modules/python/situational_awareness/network/port_scan.yaml
MITRE ATT&CK: T1046
Language: Python
Needs admin: No
OPSEC safe: Yes
Background: Yes

Simple Port Scanner.

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 port_scan 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 port_scan module:

Agent
Agent to execute module on.

Port
The port to scan for.
Default value: 8080.

Target
Targets to scan in single, range 0-255 or CIDR format.

Port_scan Example Usage

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

 Author       @424f424f                                                              
 Background   True                                                                   
 Comments     CIDR Parser credits to http://bibing.us.es/proyectos/abreproy/12106/fi 
              chero/ARCHIVOS%252Fservidor_xmlrpc%252Fcidr.py                         
 Description  Simple Port Scanner.                                                   
 Language     python                                                                 
 Name         python/situational_awareness/network/port_scan                         
 NeedsAdmin   False                                                                  
 OpsecSafe    True                                                                   
 Techniques   http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1046                               


,Record Options--,----------,----------------------------------,
| Name   | Value | Required | Description                      |
|--------|-------|----------|----------------------------------|
| Agent  |       | True     | Agent to execute module on.      |
|--------|-------|----------|----------------------------------|
| Port   | 8080  | True     | The port to scan for.            |
|--------|-------|----------|----------------------------------|
| Target |       | True     | Targets to scan in single, range |
|        |       |          | 0-255 or CIDR format.            |
'--------'-------'----------'----------------------------------'

(Empire: usemodule/python/situational_awareness/network/port_scan) > set Agent Y4LHEV83
[*] Set Agent to Y4LHEV83
(Empire: usemodule/python/situational_awareness/network/port_scan) > set Port 8080
[*] Set Port to 8080
(Empire: usemodule/python/situational_awareness/network/port_scan) > set Target 192.168.100.1
[*] Set Target to 192.168.100.1
(Empire: usemodule/python/situational_awareness/network/port_scan) > 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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