HTTP Header Detection - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: HTTP Header Detection
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/http_header
Source code: modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/http_header.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 shows HTTP Headers returned by the scanned systems.
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/http_header
msf auxiliary(http_header) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(http_header) > set RHOSTS ip-range
msf auxiliary(http_header) > exploit
Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:
Example 1:
msf auxiliary(http_header) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200
Example 2:
msf auxiliary(http_header) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24
Example 3:
msf auxiliary(http_header) > 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 shows HTTP Headers returned by the scanned systems.
Verification Steps
- Do:
use auxiliary/scanner/http/http_header - Do:
set RHOSTS [IP] - Do:
set RPORT [PORT] - Do:
run
Scenarios
Running the scanner
msf > use auxiliary/scanner/http/http_header
msf auxiliary(http_header) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/scanner/http/http_header):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
HTTP_METHOD HEAD yes HTTP Method to use, HEAD or GET (Accepted: GET, HEAD)
IGN_HEADER Vary,Date,Content-Length,Connection,Etag,Expires,Pragma,Accept-Ranges yes List of headers to ignore, separated by comma
Proxies no A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
RHOSTS yes The target address range or CIDR identifier
RPORT 80 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL false no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
TARGETURI / yes The URI to use
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
msf auxiliary(http_header) > set RHOSTS 192.168.56.101
RHOSTS => 192.168.56.101
msf auxiliary(http_header) > run
[+] 192.168.56.101:80 : CONTENT-TYPE: text/html
[+] 192.168.56.101:80 : SERVER: Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) DAV/2
[+] 192.168.56.101:80 : X-POWERED-BY: PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.10
[+] 192.168.56.101:80 : detected 3 headers
[*] Scanned 1 of 1 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
msf auxiliary(http_header) >
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the scanner/http/http_header auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/http/http_header
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/http_header) > show info
Name: HTTP Header Detection
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/http_header
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
Christian Mehlmauer <[email protected]>
rick2600
Check supported:
No
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
HTTP_METHOD HEAD yes HTTP Method to use, HEAD or GET (Accepted: GET, HEAD)
IGN_HEADER Vary,Date,Content-Length,Connection,Etag,Expires,Pragma,Accept-Ranges yes List of headers to ignore, separated by comma
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
TARGETURI / yes The URI to use
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Description:
This module shows HTTP Headers returned by the scanned systems.
References:
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the scanner/http/http_header auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/http_header) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/scanner/http/http_header):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
HTTP_METHOD HEAD yes HTTP Method to use, HEAD or GET (Accepted: GET, HEAD)
IGN_HEADER Vary,Date,Content-Length,Connection,Etag,Expires,Pragma,Accept-Ranges yes List of headers to ignore, separated by comma
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
TARGETURI / yes The URI to use
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/http/http_header auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/http_header) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/scanner/http/http_header):
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/http/http_header module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/http_header) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the scanner/http/http_header auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/http_header) > 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.
<PEER>: connection timed out
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER>: connection timed out" error message:
42: 'method' => method,
43: 'uri' => uri
44: })
45:
46: unless res
47: vprint_error("#{peer}: connection timed out")
48: return
49: end
50:
51: headers = res.headers
52: unless headers
<PEER>: no headers returned
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER>: no headers returned" error message:
48: return
49: end
50:
51: headers = res.headers
52: unless headers
53: vprint_status("#{peer}: no headers returned")
54: return
55: end
56:
57: # Header Names are case insensitve so convert them to upcase
58: headers_uppercase = headers.inject({}) do |hash, keys|
<PEER>: all detected headers are defined in IGN_HEADER and were ignored
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER>: all detected headers are defined in IGN_HEADER and were ignored" error message:
80: :port => rport
81: )
82: counter = counter + 1
83: end
84: if counter == 0
85: print_warning "#{peer}: all detected headers are defined in IGN_HEADER and were ignored "
86: else
87: print_good "#{peer}: detected #{counter} headers"
88: end
89: end
90: end
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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
- #3216 Merged Pull Request: Update @Meatballs1 and @FireFart in authors.rb
References
- CVE: Not available
- http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields
See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- auxiliary/scanner/http/http_hsts
- auxiliary/scanner/http/http_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/http_put
- auxiliary/scanner/http/http_sickrage_password_leak
- auxiliary/scanner/http/http_traversal
- auxiliary/scanner/http/http_version
- auxiliary/dos/windows/http/http_sys_accept_encoding_dos_cve_2021_31166
- auxiliary/fuzzers/http/http_form_field
- auxiliary/fuzzers/http/http_get_uri_long
- auxiliary/fuzzers/http/http_get_uri_strings
- auxiliary/gather/http_pdf_authors
- auxiliary/server/capture/http_basic
- auxiliary/server/capture/http_javascript_keylogger
- auxiliary/server/capture/http_ntlm
- auxiliary/server/http_ntlmrelay
- auxiliary/dos/http/monkey_headers
- auxiliary/scanner/http/host_header_injection
- exploit/linux/http/dlink_hnap_header_exec_noauth
- exploit/multi/http/joomla_http_header_rce
- exploit/multi/http/log4shell_header_injection
- exploit/unix/webapp/wp_phpmailer_host_header
- exploit/windows/http/cogent_datahub_request_headers_bof
- exploit/windows/http/fdm_auth_header
- exploit/windows/http/ibm_tsm_cad_header
- exploit/windows/http/icecast_header
- exploit/windows/http/mailenable_auth_header
- exploit/windows/http/php_apache_request_headers_bof
- exploit/windows/fileformat/ms09_067_excel_featheader
Authors
- Christian Mehlmauer
- rick2600
Version
This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.36-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
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