IBM Lotus Notes Sametime User Enumeration - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: IBM Lotus Notes Sametime User Enumeration
Module: auxiliary/gather/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users
Source code: modules/auxiliary/gather/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users.rb
Disclosure date: 2013-12-27
Last modification time: 2020-10-02 17:38:06 +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: CVE-2013-3975
This module extracts usernames using the IBM Lotus Notes Sametime web interface using either a dictionary attack (which is preferred), or a bruteforce attack trying all usernames of MAXDEPTH length or less.
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/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users
msf auxiliary(ibm_sametime_enumerate_users) > show targets
... a list of targets ...
msf auxiliary(ibm_sametime_enumerate_users) > set TARGET target-id
msf auxiliary(ibm_sametime_enumerate_users) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(ibm_sametime_enumerate_users) > exploit
Required Options
- RHOSTS: The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the gather/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/gather/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users
msf6 auxiliary(gather/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users) > show info
Name: IBM Lotus Notes Sametime User Enumeration
Module: auxiliary/gather/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Disclosed: 2013-12-27
Provided by:
kicks4kittens
Check supported:
No
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
CHARSET alpha yes Charset to use for enumeration (Accepted: alpha, alphanum, num)
DICT no Path to dictionary file to use
MAXDEPTH 2 yes Maximum depth to check during bruteforce
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 443 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL true no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
TARGETURI /userinfo/search yes The path to the userinfo script
TYPE UID yes Specify UID or EMAIL (Accepted: UID, EMAIL)
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Description:
This module extracts usernames using the IBM Lotus Notes Sametime
web interface using either a dictionary attack (which is preferred),
or a bruteforce attack trying all usernames of MAXDEPTH length or
less.
References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3975
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21671201
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the gather/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(gather/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/gather/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
CHARSET alpha yes Charset to use for enumeration (Accepted: alpha, alphanum, num)
DICT no Path to dictionary file to use
MAXDEPTH 2 yes Maximum depth to check during bruteforce
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 443 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL true no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
TARGETURI /userinfo/search yes The path to the userinfo script
TYPE UID yes Specify UID or EMAIL (Accepted: UID, EMAIL)
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the gather/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(gather/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/gather/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users):
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
PREFIX no Defines set prefix for each guess (e.g. user)
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)
SUFFIX no Defines set post for each quess (e.g. _adm)
SpecialChars no Specify special chars (e.g. -_+!@&$/\?)
TIMING 0 yes Set pause between requests
Threads 10 yes Number of test threads
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/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(gather/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the gather/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(gather/ibm_sametime_enumerate_users) > 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:
Error Messages
- Timeout
- Unexpected response from server (Response code: <RES.CODE>)
- Error parsing JSON: Invalid response from server
- Error reading JSON response, attempting to redo check for "<TEST_CURRENT>"
- Excessive number of retries detected (<RETRIES.LENGTH>... check the TIMING and Threads options)
- Error reading JSON string, continuing
- No users discovered
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.
Timeout
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Timeout" error message:
121: }
122: })
123:
124: begin
125: if res.nil?
126: print_error("Timeout")
127: return
128: elsif res.code != 200
129: print_error("Unexpected response from server (Response code: #{res.code})")
130: return
131: elsif JSON.parse(res.body)
Unexpected response from server (Response code: <RES.CODE>)
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Unexpected response from server (Response code: <RES.CODE>)" error message:
124: begin
125: if res.nil?
126: print_error("Timeout")
127: return
128: elsif res.code != 200
129: print_error("Unexpected response from server (Response code: #{res.code})")
130: return
131: elsif JSON.parse(res.body)
132: # valid JSON response - valid response for check
133: print_good("Response received, continuing to enumeration phase")
134: end
Error parsing JSON: Invalid response from server
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Error parsing JSON: Invalid response from server" error message:
131: elsif JSON.parse(res.body)
132: # valid JSON response - valid response for check
133: print_good("Response received, continuing to enumeration phase")
134: end
135: rescue JSON::ParserError,
136: print_error("Error parsing JSON: Invalid response from server")
137: return
138: end
139:
140: # start test handler
141: test_handler
Error reading JSON response, attempting to redo check for "<TEST_CURRENT>"
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Error reading JSON response, attempting to redo check for "<TEST_CURRENT>"" error message:
173:
174: # check response to see if an error was returned, if so wait 1 second and retry
175: if res.nil? and not @retries.include?(test_current)
176: # attempt test again as the server was too busy to respond
177: # correctly - error returned
178: print_error("Error reading JSON response, attempting to redo check for \"#{test_current}\"")
179: @test_queue.push(test_current)
180: @retries << test_current
181: if @retries.length == 10
182: print_error("Excessive number of retries detected (#{@retries.length}... check the TIMING and Threads options)")
183: end
Excessive number of retries detected (<RETRIES.LENGTH>... check the TIMING and Threads options)
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Excessive number of retries detected (<RETRIES.LENGTH>... check the TIMING and Threads options)" error message:
177: # correctly - error returned
178: print_error("Error reading JSON response, attempting to redo check for \"#{test_current}\"")
179: @test_queue.push(test_current)
180: @retries << test_current
181: if @retries.length == 10
182: print_error("Excessive number of retries detected (#{@retries.length}... check the TIMING and Threads options)")
183: end
184: elsif res
185: # check response for user data
186: check_response(res, test_current)
187: end
Error reading JSON string, continuing
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Error reading JSON string, continuing" error message:
241: # print newly discovered users straight to the screen if verbose mode is set
242: vprint_good("New user found: #{userinfo['uid']}")
243: report_user(userinfo['uid'])
244: end
245: rescue JSON::ParserError
246: print_error("Error reading JSON string, continuing")
247: end
248: end
249:
250: # extend the test queue if MAXDEPTH value not exceeded
251: # checks made to ensure duplicates are not created when extending
No users discovered
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No users discovered" error message:
297: user_tbl << [ line[0], line[1], line[2] ]
298: end
299:
300: if not user_tbl.to_s.empty?
301: print_good("#{@user_data.length} users extracted")
302: print_line(user_tbl.to_s)
303: else
304: print_error("No users discovered")
305: end
306: end
307: end
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Related Pull Requests
- #14213 Merged Pull Request: Add disclosure date rubocop linting rule - enforce iso8601 disclosure dates
- #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
- #6526 Merged Pull Request: Peers for the peer god
- #3382 Merged Pull Request: Add CVE, IBM ref for SameTime modules
- #2971 Merged Pull Request: Fixup on description and some option descrips
- #2801 Merged Pull Request: Lotus sametime modules
References
See Also
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Authors
- kicks4kittens
Version
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