Zabbix Server Brute Force Utility - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: Zabbix Server Brute Force Utility
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/zabbix_login
Source code: modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/zabbix_login.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2021-09-02 11:41:27 +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 login to Zabbix server instance using username and password combinations indicated by the USER_FILE, PASS_FILE, and USERPASS_FILE options. It will also test for the Zabbix default login (Admin:zabbix) and guest access.
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/zabbix_login
msf auxiliary(zabbix_login) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(zabbix_login) > set RHOSTS ip-range
msf auxiliary(zabbix_login) > exploit
Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:
Example 1:
msf auxiliary(zabbix_login) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200
Example 2:
msf auxiliary(zabbix_login) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24
Example 3:
msf auxiliary(zabbix_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
Vulnerable Application
This module attempts to guess valid logins to a specified Zabbix server.
Login details can be retrieved either from an external file, from the database,
or they can be specified one by one via the USERNAME
and PASSWORD
options.
This module will also check to see if the default login of Admin:zabbix
works
and if the target Zabbix host has guest access enabled.
Environment
Zabbix team provides virtual images of multiple versions of Zabbix as Zabbix Appliance downloads at https://www.zabbix.com/download_appliance. This module has been confirmed to work against version 3, 4 and 5, as well as version 2.4 and 2.2.
Verification Steps
- Download and install one of the Zabbix Appliance virtual images.
- Start msfconsole
- Do:
use auxiliary/scanner/http/zabbix_login
- Do:
set rhosts [ip]
- Do:
run
- Verify: That the module tries all credentials provided and returns any credentials that it successfully finds.
- Verify: That the module also tries the default administrative password of
Admin:zabbix
and also checks if guest access is enabled. - Verify: That running the
creds
command will show that any enumerated passwords have been saved into the database (if one is connected).
Options
### TARGETURI
Folder where login page is located. Versions 3 and 4 by default use /zabbix/
,
however version 5 uses /
as its default. Because of this, the module sets
TARGETURI
to /zabbix/
by default, however users can run set TARGETURI /
to change the TARGETURI
value if needed.
Scenarios
Zabbix Version 5.0.5
msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/http/zabbix_login
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/zabbix_login) > info
Name: Zabbix Server Brute Force Utility
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/zabbix_login
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
hdm
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 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:'
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 /zabbix/ yes The path to the Zabbix server application
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 no File containing usernames, 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 Zabbix server instance using
username and password combinations indicated by the USER_FILE,
PASS_FILE, and USERPASS_FILE options. It will also test for the
Zabbix default login (Admin:zabbix) and guest access.
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/zabbix_login) > set RHOSTS 172.29.121.85
RHOSTS => 172.29.121.85
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/zabbix_login) > set TARGETURI /
TARGETURI => /
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/zabbix_login) > set USERNAME Admin
USERNAME => Admin
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/zabbix_login) > set PASSWORD zabbix2
PASSWORD => zabbix2
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/zabbix_login) > run
[*] 172.29.121.85:80 - Found Zabbix version 5.0
[*] 172.29.121.85:80 - This Zabbix instance has disabled Guest mode
[-] 172.29.121.85:80 - Failed: 'Admin:zabbix'
[+] 172.29.121.85:80 - Success: 'Admin:zabbix2'
[*] Scanned 1 of 1 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/zabbix_login) > creds
Credentials
===========
host origin service public private realm private_type JtR Format
---- ------ ------- ------ ------- ----- ------------ ----------
172.29.121.85 172.29.121.85 80/tcp (http) Admin zabbix2 Password
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the scanner/http/zabbix_login auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/http/zabbix_login
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/zabbix_login) > show info
Name: Zabbix Server Brute Force Utility
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/zabbix_login
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
hdm <[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 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 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 /zabbix/ yes The path to the Zabbix server application
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 no File containing usernames, 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 Zabbix server instance using
username and password combinations indicated by the USER_FILE,
PASS_FILE, and USERPASS_FILE options. It will also test for the
Zabbix default login (Admin:zabbix) and guest access.
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the scanner/http/zabbix_login auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/zabbix_login) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/scanner/http/zabbix_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 A specific password to authenticate with
PASS_FILE 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 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 /zabbix/ yes The path to the Zabbix server application
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 no File containing usernames, 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/zabbix_login auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/zabbix_login) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/scanner/http/zabbix_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/zabbix_login module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/zabbix_login) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the scanner/http/zabbix_login auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/zabbix_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.
Correct credentials, but unable to login: '<RESULT.CREDENTIAL>'
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Correct credentials, but unable to login: '<RESULT.CREDENTIAL>'" error message:
64: when Metasploit::Model::Login::Status::SUCCESSFUL
65: print_brute :level => :good, :ip => ip, :msg => "Success: '#{result.credential}'"
66: do_report(ip, rport, result)
67: :next_user
68: when Metasploit::Model::Login::Status::DENIED_ACCESS
69: print_brute :level => :status, :ip => ip, :msg => "Correct credentials, but unable to login: '#{result.credential}'"
70: do_report(ip, rport, result)
71: :next_user
72: when Metasploit::Model::Login::Status::UNABLE_TO_CONNECT
73: if datastore['VERBOSE']
74: print_brute :level => :verror, :ip => ip, :msg => "Could not connect"
Could not connect
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Could not connect" error message:
69: print_brute :level => :status, :ip => ip, :msg => "Correct credentials, but unable to login: '#{result.credential}'"
70: do_report(ip, rport, result)
71: :next_user
72: when Metasploit::Model::Login::Status::UNABLE_TO_CONNECT
73: if datastore['VERBOSE']
74: print_brute :level => :verror, :ip => ip, :msg => "Could not connect"
75: end
76: invalidate_login(
77: address: ip,
78: port: rport,
79: protocol: 'tcp',
Failed: '<RESULT.CREDENTIAL>'
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Failed: '<RESULT.CREDENTIAL>'" error message:
84: status: result.status
85: )
86: :abort
87: when Metasploit::Model::Login::Status::INCORRECT
88: if datastore['VERBOSE']
89: print_brute :level => :verror, :ip => ip, :msg => "Failed: '#{result.credential}'"
90: end
91: invalidate_login(
92: address: ip,
93: port: rport,
94: protocol: 'tcp',
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Related Pull Requests
- #14297 Merged Pull Request: Modified zabbix login to work with newer versions of zabbix
- #12022 Merged Pull Request: Deregister PASSWORD_SPRAY option for LoginScanner modules
- #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
- #6921 Merged Pull Request: Fix #4885, Support basic and form auth at the same time
- #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
- #6648 Merged Pull Request: Change metasploit class names
- #6493 Merged Pull Request: move SSL to the default options
- #5059 Merged Pull Request: Yard doc corrections
- #4819 Merged Pull Request: Normalize HTTP LoginScanner modules
- #4787 Merged Pull Request: Add login modules for Zabbix & Chef WebUI
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See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- auxiliary/gather/zabbix_toggleids_sqli
- exploit/linux/http/zabbix_sqli
- exploit/linux/misc/zabbix_server_exec
- exploit/multi/http/zabbix_script_exec
- auxiliary/scanner/http/dlink_user_agent_backdoor
- auxiliary/scanner/http/groupwise_agents_http_traversal
- exploit/linux/http/linksys_wvbr0_user_agent_exec_noauth
- exploit/linux/local/juju_run_agent_priv_esc
- exploit/linux/misc/netsupport_manager_agent
- exploit/multi/http/agent_tesla_panel_rce
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- exploit/multi/misc/arkeia_agent_exec
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- exploit/multi/wyse/hagent_untrusted_hsdata
- exploit/unix/webapp/oracle_vm_agent_utl
- exploit/windows/antivirus/trendmicro_serverprotect_earthagent
- exploit/windows/backupexec/remote_agent
- exploit/windows/brightstor/sql_agent
- exploit/windows/brightstor/universal_agent
- exploit/windows/browser/aol_icq_downloadagent
- exploit/windows/emc/alphastor_agent
- exploit/windows/http/hp_sitescope_runomagentcommand
- exploit/windows/http/steamcast_useragent
- exploit/windows/isapi/rsa_webagent_redirect
- exploit/windows/misc/agentxpp_receive_agentx
- exploit/windows/misc/hp_loadrunner_magentproc
- exploit/windows/misc/hp_loadrunner_magentproc_cmdexec
- exploit/windows/misc/hp_magentservice
- exploit/windows/misc/hp_operations_agent_coda_34
- exploit/windows/misc/hp_operations_agent_coda_8c
- exploit/windows/misc/veeam_one_agent_deserialization
- exploit/windows/novell/zenworks_desktop_agent
- post/multi/sap/smdagent_get_properties
- exploit/unix/misc/zabbix_agent_exec
Authors
- hdm
Version
This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.27-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
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