Search Engine Domain Email Address Collector - Metasploit


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Module Overview

Name: Search Engine Domain Email Address Collector
Module: auxiliary/gather/search_email_collector
Source code: modules/auxiliary/gather/search_email_collector.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2021-11-17 15:08:27 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): -
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

This module uses Google, Bing and Yahoo to create a list of valid email addresses for the target domain.

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/search_email_collector
msf auxiliary(search_email_collector) > show targets
    ... a list of targets ...
msf auxiliary(search_email_collector) > set TARGET target-id
msf auxiliary(search_email_collector) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(search_email_collector) > exploit

Required Options

  • DOMAIN: The domain name to locate email addresses for

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Msfconsole Usage

Here is how the gather/search_email_collector auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use auxiliary/gather/search_email_collector

msf6 auxiliary(gather/search_email_collector) > show info

       Name: Search Engine Domain Email Address Collector
     Module: auxiliary/gather/search_email_collector
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  Carlos Perez <[email protected]>

Check supported:
  No

Basic options:
  Name           Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----           ---------------  --------  -----------
  DOMAIN                          yes       The domain name to locate email addresses for
  OUTFILE                         no        A filename to store the generated email list
  SEARCH_BING    true             yes       Enable Bing as a backend search engine
  SEARCH_GOOGLE  true             yes       Enable Google as a backend search engine
  SEARCH_YAHOO   true             yes       Enable Yahoo! as a backend search engine

Description:
  This module uses Google, Bing and Yahoo to create a list of valid 
  email addresses for the target domain.

Module Options

This is a complete list of options available in the gather/search_email_collector auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(gather/search_email_collector) > show options

Module options (auxiliary/gather/search_email_collector):

   Name           Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----           ---------------  --------  -----------
   DOMAIN                          yes       The domain name to locate email addresses for
   OUTFILE                         no        A filename to store the generated email list
   SEARCH_BING    true             yes       Enable Bing as a backend search engine
   SEARCH_GOOGLE  true             yes       Enable Google as a backend search engine
   SEARCH_YAHOO   true             yes       Enable Yahoo! as a backend search engine

Advanced Options

Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the gather/search_email_collector auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(gather/search_email_collector) > show advanced

Module advanced options (auxiliary/gather/search_email_collector):

   Name        Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----        ---------------  --------  -----------
   PROXY                        no        Proxy server to route connection. <host>:<port>
   PROXY_PASS                   no        Proxy Server Password
   PROXY_USER                   no        Proxy Server User
   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/search_email_collector module can do:

msf6 auxiliary(gather/search_email_collector) > show actions

Auxiliary actions:

   Name  Description
   ----  -----------

Evasion Options

Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the gather/search_email_collector auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):

msf6 auxiliary(gather/search_email_collector) > show evasion

Module evasion options:

   Name  Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----  ---------------  --------  -----------

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See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

  • Carlos Perez <carlos_perez[at]darkoperator.com>

Version

This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.28-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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