Nessus RPC Interface Login Utility - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: Nessus RPC Interface Login Utility
Module: auxiliary/scanner/nessus/nessus_rest_login
Source code: modules/auxiliary/scanner/nessus/nessus_rest_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, 8834, 8880, 8888
List of CVEs: -
This module will attempt to authenticate to a Nessus server RPC interface.
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/nessus/nessus_rest_login
msf auxiliary(nessus_rest_login) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(nessus_rest_login) > set RHOSTS ip-range
msf auxiliary(nessus_rest_login) > exploit
Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:
Example 1:
msf auxiliary(nessus_rest_login) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200
Example 2:
msf auxiliary(nessus_rest_login) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24
Example 3:
msf auxiliary(nessus_rest_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/nessus/nessus_rest_login auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/nessus/nessus_rest_login
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/nessus/nessus_rest_login) > show info
Name: Nessus RPC Interface Login Utility
Module: auxiliary/scanner/nessus/nessus_rest_login
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
void_in
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 8834 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL true no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
STOP_ON_SUCCESS false yes Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
TARGETURI /session yes The path to the Nessus server login API
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 will attempt to authenticate to a Nessus server RPC
interface.
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the scanner/nessus/nessus_rest_login auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/nessus/nessus_rest_login) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/scanner/nessus/nessus_rest_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 8834 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL true no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
STOP_ON_SUCCESS false yes Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
TARGETURI /session yes The path to the Nessus server login API
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/nessus/nessus_rest_login auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/nessus/nessus_rest_login) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/scanner/nessus/nessus_rest_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
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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/nessus/nessus_rest_login module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/nessus/nessus_rest_login) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
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Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the scanner/nessus/nessus_rest_login auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/nessus/nessus_rest_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>'
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Failed: '<RESULT.CREDENTIAL>'" error message:
105: realm_value: result.credential.realm,
106: status: result.status,
107: proof: result.proof
108: )
109: when Metasploit::Model::Login::Status::INCORRECT
110: vprint_brute :level => :verror, :ip => ip, :msg => "Failed: '#{result.credential}'"
111: invalidate_login(
112: address: ip,
113: port: rport,
114: protocol: 'tcp',
115: public: result.credential.public,
Target is not a Tenable Nessus server
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Target is not a Tenable Nessus server" error message:
126:
127: # Start here
128: def run_host(ip)
129: init(ip)
130: unless @scanner.check_setup
131: print_brute :level => :error, :ip => ip, :msg => 'Target is not a Tenable Nessus server'
132: return
133: end
134:
135: bruteforce(ip)
136: end
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Related Pull Requests
- #12022 Merged Pull Request: Deregister PASSWORD_SPRAY option for LoginScanner modules
- #9086 Merged Pull Request: Make nessus_rest_login scanner proxy-aware again
- #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
- #6646 Merged Pull Request: Add TLS Server Name Indication (SNI) Support, unify SSLVersion options
- #6493 Merged Pull Request: move SSL to the default options
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See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- auxiliary/scanner/nessus/nessus_xmlrpc_login
- auxiliary/scanner/nessus/nessus_xmlrpc_ping
- auxiliary/dos/cisco/ios_http_percentpercent
- auxiliary/dos/ntp/ntpd_reserved_dos
- auxiliary/fuzzers/ntp/ntp_protocol_fuzzer
- auxiliary/scanner/http/frontpage_credential_dump
- auxiliary/scanner/http/frontpage_login
- auxiliary/scanner/nntp/nntp_login
- auxiliary/scanner/ntp/ntp_monlist
- auxiliary/scanner/ntp/ntp_nak_to_the_future
- auxiliary/scanner/ntp/ntp_peer_list_dos
- auxiliary/scanner/ntp/ntp_peer_list_sum_dos
- auxiliary/scanner/ntp/ntp_readvar
- auxiliary/scanner/ntp/ntp_req_nonce_dos
- auxiliary/scanner/ntp/ntp_reslist_dos
- auxiliary/scanner/ntp/ntp_unsettrap_dos
- exploit/linux/http/cayin_cms_ntp
- exploit/linux/http/tr064_ntpserver_cmdinject
- exploit/multi/ntp/ntp_overflow
- exploit/windows/misc/hp_loadrunner_magentproc
- exploit/windows/misc/hp_loadrunner_magentproc_cmdexec
- exploit/windows/nntp/ms05_030_nntp
- auxiliary/scanner/nessus/nessus_ntp_login
- exploit/dialup/multi/login/manyargs
- auxiliary/admin/http/gitstack_rest
Authors
- void_in
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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