RuggedCom Telnet Password Generator - Metasploit


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Module Overview

Name: RuggedCom Telnet Password Generator
Module: auxiliary/scanner/telnet/telnet_ruggedcom
Source code: modules/auxiliary/scanner/telnet/telnet_ruggedcom.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2017-07-24 06:26:21 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): -
Target service / protocol: telnet
Target network port(s): 23
List of CVEs: CVE-2012-1803

This module will calculate the password for the hard-coded hidden username "factory" in the RuggedCom Rugged Operating System (ROS). The password is dynamically generated based on the devices MAC address.

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

Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:

Example 1:

msf auxiliary(telnet_ruggedcom) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200

Example 2:

msf auxiliary(telnet_ruggedcom) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24

Example 3:

msf auxiliary(telnet_ruggedcom) > 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/telnet/telnet_ruggedcom auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/telnet/telnet_ruggedcom

msf6 auxiliary(scanner/telnet/telnet_ruggedcom) > show info

       Name: RuggedCom Telnet Password Generator
     Module: auxiliary/scanner/telnet/telnet_ruggedcom
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  Borja Merino <[email protected]>
  jc

Check supported:
  No

Basic options:
  Name      Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----      ---------------  --------  -----------
  PASSWORD                   no        The password for the specified username
  RHOSTS                     yes       The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
  RPORT     23               yes       The target port (TCP)
  THREADS   1                yes       The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
  TIMEOUT   30               yes       Timeout for the Telnet probe
  USERNAME  factory          yes       The username to authenticate as

Description:
  This module will calculate the password for the hard-coded hidden 
  username "factory" in the RuggedCom Rugged Operating System (ROS). 
  The password is dynamically generated based on the devices MAC 
  address.

References:
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1803
  https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18779
  https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/889195

Module Options

This is a complete list of options available in the scanner/telnet/telnet_ruggedcom auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(scanner/telnet/telnet_ruggedcom) > show options

Module options (auxiliary/scanner/telnet/telnet_ruggedcom):

   Name      Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----      ---------------  --------  -----------
   PASSWORD                   no        The password for the specified username
   RHOSTS                     yes       The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
   RPORT     23               yes       The target port (TCP)
   THREADS   1                yes       The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
   TIMEOUT   30               yes       Timeout for the Telnet probe
   USERNAME  factory          yes       The username to authenticate as

Advanced Options

Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the scanner/telnet/telnet_ruggedcom auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(scanner/telnet/telnet_ruggedcom) > show advanced

Module advanced options (auxiliary/scanner/telnet/telnet_ruggedcom):

   Name                 Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                 ---------------  --------  -----------
   CHOST                                 no        The local client address
   CPORT                                 no        The local client port
   ConnectTimeout       10               yes       Maximum number of seconds to establish a TCP connection
   Proxies                               no        A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
   SSL                  false            no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
   SSLCipher                             no        String for SSL cipher - "DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA" or "ADH"
   SSLVerifyMode        PEER             no        SSL verification method (Accepted: CLIENT_ONCE, FAIL_IF_NO_PEER_CERT, NONE, PEER)
   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
   TelnetBannerTimeout  25               yes       The number of seconds to wait for the initial banner
   TelnetTimeout        10               yes       The number of seconds to wait for a reply from a Telnet command
   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/telnet/telnet_ruggedcom module can do:

msf6 auxiliary(scanner/telnet/telnet_ruggedcom) > show actions

Auxiliary actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 auxiliary(scanner/telnet/telnet_ruggedcom) > show evasion

Module evasion options:

   Name                Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                ---------------  --------  -----------
   TCP::max_send_size  0                no        Maxiumum tcp segment size.  (0 = disable)
   TCP::send_delay     0                no        Delays inserted before every send.  (0 = disable)

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Error Messages

This module may fail with the following error messages:

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_HOST>:<RPORT>, Server timed out after <TO> seconds. Skipping.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<TARGET_HOST>:<RPORT>, Server timed out after <TO> seconds. Skipping." error message:

99:	          print_status("It doesn't seem to be a RuggedCom service.")
100:	          break
101:	        end
102:	      end
103:	
104:	    rescue ::Rex::ConnectionError
105:	    rescue Timeout::Error
106:	      print_error("#{target_host}:#{rport}, Server timed out after #{to} seconds. Skipping.")
107:	    end
108:	  end
109:	end

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References

See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Related Nessus plugins:

Authors

  • Borja Merino <bmerinofe[at]gmail.com>
  • jc

Version

This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.24-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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