CorpWatch Company Name Information Search - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: CorpWatch Company Name Information Search
Module: auxiliary/gather/corpwatch_lookup_name
Source code: modules/auxiliary/gather/corpwatch_lookup_name.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2019-03-05 04:43:03 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): -
Target service / protocol: http, https
Target network port(s): 80, 443, 3000, 8000, 8008, 8080, 8443, 8880, 8888
List of CVEs: -
This module interfaces with the CorpWatch API to get publicly available info for a given company name. Please note that by using CorpWatch API, you acknowledge the limitations of the data CorpWatch provides, and should always verify the information with the official SEC filings before taking any action.
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
msf > use auxiliary/gather/corpwatch_lookup_name
msf auxiliary(corpwatch_lookup_name) > show targets
... a list of targets ...
msf auxiliary(corpwatch_lookup_name) > set TARGET target-id
msf auxiliary(corpwatch_lookup_name) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(corpwatch_lookup_name) > exploit
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the gather/corpwatch_lookup_name auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/gather/corpwatch_lookup_name
msf6 auxiliary(gather/corpwatch_lookup_name) > show info
Name: CorpWatch Company Name Information Search
Module: auxiliary/gather/corpwatch_lookup_name
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
Brandon Perry <[email protected]>
Check supported:
No
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
COMPANY_NAME yes Search for companies with this name
CORPWATCH_APIKEY no Use this API key when getting the data
LIMIT 5 yes Limit the number of results returned
YEAR 2020 no Year to look up
Description:
This module interfaces with the CorpWatch API to get publicly
available info for a given company name. Please note that by using
CorpWatch API, you acknowledge the limitations of the data CorpWatch
provides, and should always verify the information with the official
SEC filings before taking any action.
References:
http://api.corpwatch.org/
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the gather/corpwatch_lookup_name auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(gather/corpwatch_lookup_name) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/gather/corpwatch_lookup_name):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
COMPANY_NAME yes Search for companies with this name
CORPWATCH_APIKEY no Use this API key when getting the data
LIMIT 5 yes Limit the number of results returned
YEAR 2020 no Year to look up
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the gather/corpwatch_lookup_name auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(gather/corpwatch_lookup_name) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/gather/corpwatch_lookup_name):
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)
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 gather/corpwatch_lookup_name module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(gather/corpwatch_lookup_name) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the gather/corpwatch_lookup_name auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(gather/corpwatch_lookup_name) > 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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Error Messages
This module may fail with the following error messages:
Check for the possible causes from the code snippets below found in the module source code. This can often times help in identifying the root cause of the problem.
Server down, bad response
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Server down, bad response" error message:
63: 'key' => datastore['CORPWATCH_APIKEY']
64: }
65: }, 25)
66:
67: if not res
68: print_error("Server down, bad response")
69: return
70: end
71:
72: begin
73: doc = REXML::Document.new(res.body)
Body not well formed XML
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Body not well formed XML" error message:
70: end
71:
72: begin
73: doc = REXML::Document.new(res.body)
74: rescue
75: print_error("Body not well formed XML")
76: return
77: end
78:
79: root = doc.root
80:
document root nil
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "document root nil" error message:
77: end
78:
79: root = doc.root
80:
81: if not root
82: print_error("document root nil")
83: return
84: end
85:
86: elements = root.get_elements("result")
87:
Document root has no results
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Document root has no results" error message:
84: end
85:
86: elements = root.get_elements("result")
87:
88: if not elements
89: print_error("Document root has no results")
90: return
91: end
92:
93: results = elements[0]
94:
No results returned, try another search
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No results returned, try another search" error message:
91: end
92:
93: results = elements[0]
94:
95: if not results
96: print_error("No results returned, try another search")
97: return
98: end
99:
100: elements = results.get_elements("companies")
101:
No companies returned
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No companies returned" error message:
98: end
99:
100: elements = results.get_elements("companies")
101:
102: if elements.blank?
103: print_error("No companies returned")
104: return
105: end
106:
107: results = elements[0]
108:
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Related Pull Requests
- #11535 Merged Pull Request: add deregister_http_client_options
- #8888 Merged Pull Request: spelling/grammar fixes part 1
- #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
- #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
- #6648 Merged Pull Request: Change metasploit class names
- #3235 Merged Pull Request: First little bit at Bug 8498
- #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate
- #2266 Merged Pull Request: Validate datastore option "YEAR"
References
See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- auxiliary/gather/corpwatch_lookup_id
- auxiliary/gather/cloud_lookup
- auxiliary/gather/checkpoint_hostname
- auxiliary/scanner/http/httpbl_lookup
- auxiliary/scanner/smb/smb_lookupsid
- auxiliary/dos/samba/lsa_transnames_heap
- auxiliary/fuzzers/tds/tds_login_username
- auxiliary/scanner/http/file_same_name_dir
- auxiliary/scanner/http/iis_shortname_scanner
- auxiliary/scanner/http/prev_dir_same_name_file
- auxiliary/scanner/netbios/nbname
- auxiliary/scanner/postgres/postgres_dbname_flag_injection
- exploit/linux/http/netgear_dnslookup_cmd_exec
- post/multi/gather/dns_reverse_lookup
- post/multi/gather/dns_srv_lookup
- post/multi/recon/reverse_lookup
- post/windows/gather/reverse_lookup
Authors
- Brandon Perry <bperry.volatile[at]gmail.com>
Version
This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.2.29-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
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