Chinese Caidao Backdoor Bruteforce - Metasploit


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Module Overview


Name: Chinese Caidao Backdoor Bruteforce
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/caidao_bruteforce_login
Source code: modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/caidao_bruteforce_login.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2022-01-23 15:28:32 +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 attempts to bruteforce chinese caidao asp/php/aspx backdoor.

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/http/caidao_bruteforce_login
msf auxiliary(caidao_bruteforce_login) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(caidao_bruteforce_login) > set RHOSTS ip-range
msf auxiliary(caidao_bruteforce_login) > exploit

Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:

Example 1:

msf auxiliary(caidao_bruteforce_login) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200 

Example 2:

msf auxiliary(caidao_bruteforce_login) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24

Example 3:

msf auxiliary(caidao_bruteforce_login) > set RHOSTS file:/tmp/ip_list.txt

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 scanner/http/caidao_bruteforce_login auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/http/caidao_bruteforce_login

msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/caidao_bruteforce_login) > show info

       Name: Chinese Caidao Backdoor Bruteforce
     Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/caidao_bruteforce_login
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  Nixawk

Check supported:
  No

Basic options:
  Name              Current Setting                                                                 Required  Description
  ----              ---------------                                                                 --------  -----------
  BLANK_PASSWORDS   false                                                                           no        Try blank passwords for all users
  BRUTEFORCE_SPEED  5                                                                               yes       How fast to bruteforce, from 0 to 5
  DB_ALL_CREDS      false                                                                           no        Try each user/password couple stored in the current database
  DB_ALL_PASS       false                                                                           no        Add all passwords in the current database to the list
  PASSWORD                                                                                          no        A specific password to authenticate with
  PASS_FILE         /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/unix_passwords.txt  no        The file that contains a list of of probable passwords.
  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             80                                                                              yes       The target port (TCP)
  SSL               false                                                                           no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
  STOP_ON_SUCCESS   false                                                                           yes       Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
  TARGETURI         /caidao.php                                                                     yes       The URL that handles the login process
  THREADS           1                                                                               yes       The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
  VERBOSE           true                                                                            yes       Whether to print output for all attempts
  VHOST                                                                                             no        HTTP server virtual host

Description:
  This module attempts to bruteforce chinese caidao asp/php/aspx 
  backdoor.

References:
  https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2013/08/breaking-down-the-china-chopper-web-shell-part-i.html
  https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2013/08/breaking-down-the-china-chopper-web-shell-part-ii.html
  https://www.exploit-db.com/docs/27654.pdf
  https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-313A
  http://blog.csdn.net/nixawk/article/details/40430329

Module Options


This is a complete list of options available in the scanner/http/caidao_bruteforce_login auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/caidao_bruteforce_login) > show options

Module options (auxiliary/scanner/http/caidao_bruteforce_login):

   Name              Current Setting                                                                 Required  Description
   ----              ---------------                                                                 --------  -----------
   BLANK_PASSWORDS   false                                                                           no        Try blank passwords for all users
   BRUTEFORCE_SPEED  5                                                                               yes       How fast to bruteforce, from 0 to 5
   DB_ALL_CREDS      false                                                                           no        Try each user/password couple stored in the current database
   DB_ALL_PASS       false                                                                           no        Add all passwords in the current database to the list
   PASSWORD                                                                                          no        A specific password to authenticate with
   PASS_FILE         /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/unix_passwords.txt  no        The file that contains a list of of probable passwords.
   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             80                                                                              yes       The target port (TCP)
   SSL               false                                                                           no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
   STOP_ON_SUCCESS   false                                                                           yes       Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
   TARGETURI         /caidao.php                                                                     yes       The URL that handles the login process
   THREADS           1                                                                               yes       The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
   VERBOSE           true                                                                            yes       Whether to print output for all attempts
   VHOST                                                                                             no        HTTP server virtual host

Advanced Options


Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the scanner/http/caidao_bruteforce_login auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/caidao_bruteforce_login) > show advanced

Module advanced options (auxiliary/scanner/http/caidao_bruteforce_login):

   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
   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
   MaxGuessesPerService  0                                                   no        Maximum number of credentials to try per service instance. If set to zero or a non-number, this option will not be used.
   MaxGuessesPerUser     0                                                   no        Maximum guesses for a particular username for the service instance. Note that users are considered unique among different services, so a user at 10.1.1.1:22
                                                                                        is different from one at 10.2.2.2:22, and both will be tried up to the MaxGuessesPerUser limit. If set to zero or a non-number, this option will not be use
                                                                                       d.
   MaxMinutesPerService  0                                                   no        Maximum time in minutes to bruteforce the service instance. If set to zero or a non-number, this option will not be used.
   REMOVE_PASS_FILE      false                                               yes       Automatically delete the PASS_FILE on module completion
   REMOVE_USERPASS_FILE  false                                               yes       Automatically delete the USERPASS_FILE on module completion
   REMOVE_USER_FILE      false                                               yes       Automatically delete the USER_FILE on module completion
   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
   TRANSITION_DELAY      0                                                   no        Amount of time (in minutes) to delay before transitioning to the next user in the array (or password when PASSWORD_SPRAY=true)
   UserAgent             Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)  no        The User-Agent header to use for all requests
   WORKSPACE                                                                 no        Specify the workspace for this module

Auxiliary Actions


This is a list of all auxiliary actions that the scanner/http/caidao_bruteforce_login module can do:

msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/caidao_bruteforce_login) > show actions

Auxiliary actions:

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

Evasion Options


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

msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/caidao_bruteforce_login) > 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.

Failed: '<RESULT.CREDENTIAL.PRIVATE>'


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Failed: '<RESULT.CREDENTIAL.PRIVATE>'" error message:

113:	        report_good_cred(ip, rport, result)
114:	      when Metasploit::Model::Login::Status::UNABLE_TO_CONNECT
115:	        vprint_brute(:level => :verror, :ip => ip, :msg => result.proof)
116:	        report_bad_cred(ip, rport, result)
117:	      when Metasploit::Model::Login::Status::INCORRECT
118:	        vprint_brute(:level => :verror, :ip => ip, :msg => "Failed: '#{result.credential.private}'")
119:	        report_bad_cred(ip, rport, result)
120:	      end
121:	    end
122:	  end
123:	

Backdoor type is not support


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Backdoor type is not support" error message:

121:	    end
122:	  end
123:	
124:	  def run_host(ip)
125:	    unless scanner(ip).check_setup
126:	      print_brute(:level => :error, :ip => ip, :msg => 'Backdoor type is not support')
127:	      return
128:	    end
129:	
130:	    bruteforce(ip)
131:	  end

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References


See Also


Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors


  • Nixawk

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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