ElasticSearch Indices Enumeration Utility - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: ElasticSearch Indices Enumeration Utility
Module: auxiliary/scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum
Source code: modules/auxiliary/scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2017-07-24 06:26:21 +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, 9200
List of CVEs: -
This module enumerates ElasticSearch Indices. It uses the REST API in order to make it.
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/scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum
msf auxiliary(indices_enum) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(indices_enum) > set RHOSTS ip-range
msf auxiliary(indices_enum) > exploit
Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:
Example 1:
msf auxiliary(indices_enum) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200
Example 2:
msf auxiliary(indices_enum) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24
Example 3:
msf auxiliary(indices_enum) > 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
Description
This module identifies a list of indices which an Elasticsearch NoSQL database has. This occurs over the REST API, which on community versions is an unauthenticated API. Customers who subscribe to a support plan can add authentication to this API restricting access.
Vulnerable Application
Install Elasticsearch on Kali Linux:
With this install, we'll install the free community edition of Elasticsearch, which does not require authentication to the API. However, this is unrealistic in a production environment which will often leverage a support contract to gain authentication, a reverse proxy to add basic authentication, and/or a host firewall to restrict access to this API.
The following instructions assume you are beginning with a fresh Kali installation as the root user.
useradd -M -r elasticsearchsu elasticsearchcd /tmpcurl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-6.3.2.tar.gztar -xvf elasticsearch-6.3.2.tar.gzcd elasticsearch-6.3.2/bin./elasticsearch- Open a new terminal
- In the new terminal,
curl -X PUT http://127.0.0.1:9200/msf_testto create an index for validation purposes
Verification Steps
use auxiliary/scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enumset RHOSTS [ips]set RPORT [port]run
Scenarios
Elasticsearch 6.3.2 on Kali Linux
msf > use auxiliary/scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum
msf auxiliary(scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum) > set RHOSTS 10.10.10.25
RHOSTS => 10.10.10.25
msf auxiliary(scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum) > run
[+] ElasticSearch Indices found: msf_test
[*] Scanned 1 of 1 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
Confirming
elasticsearch
# curl 'http://10.10.10.25:9200/_cat/indices?v'
health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
yellow open msf_test W83_cAS1QlmePnczS9sLrA 5 1 0 0 1.2kb 1.2kb
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum) > show info
Name: ElasticSearch Indices Enumeration Utility
Module: auxiliary/scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
Silas Cutler <[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 9200 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)
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Description:
This module enumerates ElasticSearch Indices. It uses the REST API
in order to make it.
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum):
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 9200 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)
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum):
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 scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/elasticsearch/indices_enum) > 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.
Unable to establish connection
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Unable to establish connection" error message:
34: res = send_request_raw({
35: 'uri' => '/_aliases',
36: 'method' => 'GET',
37: })
38: rescue ::Rex::ConnectionRefused, ::Rex::HostUnreachable
39: vprint_error("Unable to establish connection")
40: return
41: end
42:
43: if res && res.code == 200 && res.body.length > 0
44: begin
Unable to parse JSON
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Unable to parse JSON" error message:
42:
43: if res && res.code == 200 && res.body.length > 0
44: begin
45: json_body = JSON.parse(res.body)
46: rescue JSON::ParserError
47: vprint_error("Unable to parse JSON")
48: return
49: end
50: else
51: vprint_error("Timeout or unexpected response...")
52: return
Timeout or unexpected response...
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Timeout or unexpected response..." error message:
46: rescue JSON::ParserError
47: vprint_error("Unable to parse JSON")
48: return
49: end
50: else
51: vprint_error("Timeout or unexpected response...")
52: return
53: end
54:
55: report_service(
56: :host => rhost,
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Related Pull Requests
- #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
- #3406 Merged Pull Request: Fix typos in the indeces_enum module
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See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- exploit/multi/elasticsearch/script_mvel_rce
- exploit/multi/elasticsearch/search_groovy_script
- auxiliary/scanner/http/elasticsearch_traversal
Authors
- Silas Cutler <Silas.Cutler[at]BlackListThisDomain.com>
Version
This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.2.23-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
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