Tomcat Administration Tool Default Access - Metasploit
This page contains detailed information about how to use the auxiliary/admin/http/tomcat_administration metasploit module. For list of all metasploit modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
Module Overview
Name: Tomcat Administration Tool Default Access
Module: auxiliary/admin/http/tomcat_administration
Source code: modules/auxiliary/admin/http/tomcat_administration.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2018-08-21 08:50:26 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): -
Target service / protocol: http, https
Target network port(s): 80, 443, 3000, 8000, 8008, 8080, 8180, 8443, 8880, 8888
List of CVEs: -
Detect the Tomcat administration interface. The administration interface is included in versions 5.5 and lower. Port 8180 is the default for FreeBSD, 8080 for all others.
Module Ranking and Traits
Module Ranking:
- normal: The exploit is otherwise reliable, but depends on a specific version and can't (or doesn't) reliably autodetect. More information about ranking can be found here.
Basic Usage
This module is a scanner module, and is capable of testing against multiple hosts.
msf > use auxiliary/admin/http/tomcat_administration
msf auxiliary(tomcat_administration) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(tomcat_administration) > set RHOSTS ip-range
msf auxiliary(tomcat_administration) > exploit
Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:
Example 1:
msf auxiliary(tomcat_administration) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200
Example 2:
msf auxiliary(tomcat_administration) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24
Example 3:
msf auxiliary(tomcat_administration) > set RHOSTS file:/tmp/ip_list.txt
Required Options
- RHOSTS: The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
Knowledge Base
Vulnerable Application
The administrator application was removed as of Tomcat 6. Tomcat 5.5.36 is available from apache. This does not have the admin app bundled though, and can be downloaded here.
To utilize the admin application, a user must have the permission admin applied to their account. The following user line will handle all necessary permissions:
Verification Steps
- Install Tomcat 5.5 or older
- Install the admin app
- Start msfconsole
- Do:
use auxiliary/admin/http/tomcat_administration - Do:
set rhosts [ips] - Do:
set tomcat_user [username] - Do:
set tomcat_pass [username] - Do:
set rport [port] - Do:
run - Find all the Tomcat admin portals
Options
rport
The default is set to 8180, which is only default on FreeBSD. All other operating systems, and the software itself, default to 8080.
Scenarios
Example run against Tomcat 5.5.36 with admin module installed against Windows XP
msf > use auxiliary/admin/http/tomcat_administration
msf auxiliary(tomcat_administration) > set rport 8085
rport => 8085
msf auxiliary(tomcat_administration) > set rhosts 192.168.2.108
rhosts => 192.168.2.108
msf auxiliary(tomcat_administration) > set verbose true
verbose => true
msf auxiliary(tomcat_administration) > set tomcat_pass tomcat
tomcat_pass => tomcat
msf auxiliary(tomcat_administration) > set tomcat_user tomcat
tomcat_user => tomcat
msf auxiliary(tomcat_administration) > run
[*] http://192.168.2.108:8085/admin [Apache-Coyote/1.1] [Apache Tomcat/5.5.36] [Tomcat Server Administration] [tomcat/tomcat]
[*] Scanned 1 of 1 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the admin/http/tomcat_administration auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/admin/http/tomcat_administration
msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/tomcat_administration) > show info
Name: Tomcat Administration Tool Default Access
Module: auxiliary/admin/http/tomcat_administration
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
Matteo Cantoni <[email protected]>
Check supported:
No
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
Proxies no A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
RHOSTS yes The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
RPORT 8180 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL false no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
TOMCAT_PASS no The password for the specified username
TOMCAT_USER no The username to authenticate as
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Description:
Detect the Tomcat administration interface. The administration
interface is included in versions 5.5 and lower. Port 8180 is the
default for FreeBSD, 8080 for all others.
References:
http://tomcat.apache.org/
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the admin/http/tomcat_administration auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/tomcat_administration) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/admin/http/tomcat_administration):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
Proxies no A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
RHOSTS yes The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
RPORT 8180 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL false no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
TOMCAT_PASS no The password for the specified username
TOMCAT_USER no The username to authenticate as
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the admin/http/tomcat_administration auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/tomcat_administration) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/admin/http/tomcat_administration):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
DOMAIN WORKSTATION yes The domain to use for Windows authentication
DigestAuthIIS true no Conform to IIS, should work for most servers. Only set to false for non-IIS servers
FingerprintCheck true no Conduct a pre-exploit fingerprint verification
HttpClientTimeout no HTTP connection and receive timeout
HttpPassword no The HTTP password to specify for authentication
HttpRawHeaders no Path to ERB-templatized raw headers to append to existing headers
HttpTrace false no Show the raw HTTP requests and responses
HttpTraceColors red/blu no HTTP request and response colors for HttpTrace (unset to disable)
HttpTraceHeadersOnly false no Show HTTP headers only in HttpTrace
HttpUsername no The HTTP username to specify for authentication
SSLVersion Auto yes Specify the version of SSL/TLS to be used (Auto, TLS and SSL23 are auto-negotiate) (Accepted: Auto, TLS, SSL23, SSL3, TLS1, TLS1.1, TLS1.2)
ShowProgress true yes Display progress messages during a scan
ShowProgressPercent 10 yes The interval in percent that progress should be shown
UserAgent Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) no The User-Agent header to use for all requests
VERBOSE false no Enable detailed status messages
WORKSPACE no Specify the workspace for this module
Auxiliary Actions
This is a list of all auxiliary actions that the admin/http/tomcat_administration module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/tomcat_administration) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the admin/http/tomcat_administration auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/tomcat_administration) > show evasion
Module evasion options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
HTTP::header_folding false no Enable folding of HTTP headers
HTTP::method_random_case false no Use random casing for the HTTP method
HTTP::method_random_invalid false no Use a random invalid, HTTP method for request
HTTP::method_random_valid false no Use a random, but valid, HTTP method for request
HTTP::pad_fake_headers false no Insert random, fake headers into the HTTP request
HTTP::pad_fake_headers_count 0 no How many fake headers to insert into the HTTP request
HTTP::pad_get_params false no Insert random, fake query string variables into the request
HTTP::pad_get_params_count 16 no How many fake query string variables to insert into the request
HTTP::pad_method_uri_count 1 no How many whitespace characters to use between the method and uri
HTTP::pad_method_uri_type space no What type of whitespace to use between the method and uri (Accepted: space, tab, apache)
HTTP::pad_post_params false no Insert random, fake post variables into the request
HTTP::pad_post_params_count 16 no How many fake post variables to insert into the request
HTTP::pad_uri_version_count 1 no How many whitespace characters to use between the uri and version
HTTP::pad_uri_version_type space no What type of whitespace to use between the uri and version (Accepted: space, tab, apache)
HTTP::uri_dir_fake_relative false no Insert fake relative directories into the uri
HTTP::uri_dir_self_reference false no Insert self-referential directories into the uri
HTTP::uri_encode_mode hex-normal no Enable URI encoding (Accepted: none, hex-normal, hex-noslashes, hex-random, hex-all, u-normal, u-all, u-random)
HTTP::uri_fake_end false no Add a fake end of URI (eg: /%20HTTP/1.0/../../)
HTTP::uri_fake_params_start false no Add a fake start of params to the URI (eg: /%3fa=b/../)
HTTP::uri_full_url false no Use the full URL for all HTTP requests
HTTP::uri_use_backslashes false no Use back slashes instead of forward slashes in the uri
HTTP::version_random_invalid false no Use a random invalid, HTTP version for request
HTTP::version_random_valid false no Use a random, but valid, HTTP version for request
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Related Pull Requests
- #10505 Merged Pull Request: Add post authentication information in modules
- #8716 Merged Pull Request: Print_Status -> Print_Good (And OCD bits 'n bobs)
- #8338 Merged Pull Request: Fix msf/core and self.class msftidy warnings
- #7833 Merged Pull Request: tomcat_administration description
- #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
- #6648 Merged Pull Request: Change metasploit class names
- #3354 Merged Pull Request: Resolved some msftidy warnings (Set-Cookie)
- #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate
- #1228 Merged Pull Request: MSFTIDY cleanup #1 - auxiliary
- #447 Merged Pull Request: Fix how some module handle send_request_* and get_once()'s nil return value
References
See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- auxiliary/admin/http/tomcat_ghostcat
- auxiliary/admin/http/tomcat_utf8_traversal
- auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_enum
- auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login
- exploit/multi/http/tomcat_jsp_upload_bypass
- exploit/multi/http/tomcat_mgr_deploy
- exploit/multi/http/tomcat_mgr_upload
- exploit/windows/http/tomcat_cgi_cmdlineargs
- post/multi/gather/tomcat_gather
- auxiliary/dos/http/apache_tomcat_transfer_encoding
- post/windows/gather/enum_tomcat
Authors
Matteo Cantoni <goony[at]nothink.org>
Version
This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.24-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
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