VMWare ESX/ESXi Fingerprint Scanner - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: VMWare ESX/ESXi Fingerprint Scanner
Module: auxiliary/scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint
Source code: modules/auxiliary/scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2017-07-24 06:26:21 +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 accesses the web API interfaces for VMware ESX/ESXi servers and attempts to identify version information for that server.
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/vmware/esx_fingerprint
msf auxiliary(esx_fingerprint) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(esx_fingerprint) > set RHOSTS ip-range
msf auxiliary(esx_fingerprint) > exploit
Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:
Example 1:
msf auxiliary(esx_fingerprint) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200
Example 2:
msf auxiliary(esx_fingerprint) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24
Example 3:
msf auxiliary(esx_fingerprint) > 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 works against VMWare ESX and ESXi. Both can be downloaded from VMWare from here, free account signup required.
Verification Steps
- Start msfconsole
- Do:
use auxiliary/scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint
- Do:
set rhosts
- Do:
run
Scenarios
A run against ESXi 6.0.0 Update 2 (Build 4600944)
msf > use auxiliary/scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint
msf auxiliary(esx_fingerprint) > set rhosts 10.1.2.5
rhosts => 10.1.2.5
msf auxiliary(esx_fingerprint) > run
[+] 10.1.2.5:443 - Identified VMware ESXi 6.0.0 build-4600944
[*] Scanned 1 of 1 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
msf auxiliary(esx_fingerprint) >
Confirming using NMAP
Utilizing vmware-version
Note: This script was not installed by default on Kali at the time of writing this document.
It can be installed via: wget -O /usr/share/nmap/scripts/vmware-version.nse https://svn.nmap.org/nmap/scripts/vmware-version.nse
nmap --script vmware-version -p443 10.1.2.5
Starting Nmap 7.40 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2017-05-11 21:14 EDT
Nmap scan report for 10.1.2.5
Host is up (0.17s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
443/tcp open https
| vmware-version:
| Server version: VMware ESXi 6.0.0
| Build: 4600944
| Locale version: INTL 000
| OS type: vmnix-x86
|_ Product Line ID: embeddedEsx
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint) > show info
Name: VMWare ESX/ESXi Fingerprint Scanner
Module: auxiliary/scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
theLightCosine <[email protected]>
Check supported:
No
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
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 443 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL true no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
URI /sdk no The uri path to test against
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Description:
This module accesses the web API interfaces for VMware ESX/ESXi
servers and attempts to identify version information for that
server.
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
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 443 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL true no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
URI /sdk no The uri path to test against
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint):
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/vmware/esx_fingerprint module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/vmware/esx_fingerprint) > 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://<IP>:<RPORT><URI> - <E>
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "http://<IP>:<RPORT><URI> - <E>" error message:
43: 'agent' => 'VMware VI Client',
44: 'data' => soap_data,
45: 'headers' => { 'SOAPAction' => @soap_action}
46: }, 25)
47: rescue ::Rex::ConnectionError => e
48: vprint_error("http://#{ip}:#{rport}#{datastore['URI']} - #{e}")
49: return false
50: rescue
51: vprint_error("Skipping #{ip} due to error - #{e}")
52: return false
53: end
Skipping <IP> due to error - <E>
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Skipping <IP> due to error - <E>" error message:
46: }, 25)
47: rescue ::Rex::ConnectionError => e
48: vprint_error("http://#{ip}:#{rport}#{datastore['URI']} - #{e}")
49: return false
50: rescue
51: vprint_error("Skipping #{ip} due to error - #{e}")
52: return false
53: end
54: fingerprint_vmware(ip,res)
55: end
56:
http://<IP>:<RPORT> - No response
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "http://<IP>:<RPORT> - No response" error message:
58: # to pull out version info. If it's ESX, report the OS as ESX (since
59: # it's a hypervisor deal then). Otherwise, just report the service.
60: # XXX: report_service is stomping on the report_host OS. This is le suck.
61: def fingerprint_vmware(ip,res)
62: unless res
63: vprint_error("http://#{ip}:#{rport} - No response")
64: return false
65: end
66: return false unless res.body.include?('<vendor>VMware, Inc.</vendor>')
67: os_match = res.body.match(/<name>([\w\s]+)<\/name>/)
68: ver_match = res.body.match(/<version>([\w\s\.]+)<\/version>/)
http://<IP>:<RPORT> - Could not identify as VMWare
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "http://<IP>:<RPORT> - Could not identify as VMWare" error message:
84: :data => {'os.vendor' => 'VMware', 'os.product' => os_match[1] + " " + ver_match[1], 'os.version' => build_match[1] }
85: )
86: end
87: return true
88: else
89: vprint_error("http://#{ip}:#{rport} - Could not identify as VMWare")
90: return false
91: end
92:
93: end
94: 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
- #6493 Merged Pull Request: move SSL to the default options
- #4379 Merged Pull Request: fix msftidy warnings
- #3589 Merged Pull Request: Add info to know where the info comes from on esx_fingerprint
- #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate
- #1228 Merged Pull Request: MSFTIDY cleanup #1 - auxiliary
- #1047 Merged Pull Request: Set normalize uri on modules
- #674 Merged Pull Request: Comply with msftidy
- #179 Merged Pull Request: Create a stable branch of vmware-api
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See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmauthd_login
- auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmauthd_version
- auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmware_enum_permissions
- auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmware_enum_sessions
- auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmware_enum_users
- auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmware_enum_vms
- auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmware_host_details
- auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmware_http_login
- auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmware_screenshot_stealer
- auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmware_server_dir_trav
- auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmware_update_manager_traversal
- auxiliary/admin/vmware/terminate_esx_sessions
- auxiliary/gather/mybb_db_fingerprint
- auxiliary/admin/vmware/poweroff_vm
- auxiliary/admin/vmware/poweron_vm
- auxiliary/admin/vmware/tag_vm
- auxiliary/admin/vmware/vcenter_forge_saml_token
- auxiliary/admin/vmware/vcenter_offline_mdb_extract
- auxiliary/admin/ldap/vmware_vcenter_vmdir_auth_bypass
- auxiliary/gather/vmware_vcenter_vmdir_ldap
- exploit/linux/http/vmware_nsxmgr_xstream_rce_cve_2021_39144
- exploit/linux/http/vmware_vcenter_analytics_file_upload
- exploit/linux/http/vmware_vcenter_vsan_health_rce
- exploit/linux/http/vmware_view_planner_4_6_uploadlog_rce
- exploit/linux/http/vmware_vrops_mgr_ssrf_rce
- exploit/linux/http/vmware_workspace_one_access_cve_2022_22954
- exploit/linux/local/vmware_alsa_config
- exploit/linux/local/vmware_mount
- exploit/linux/local/vmware_workspace_one_access_certproxy_lpe
- exploit/linux/ssh/vmware_vdp_known_privkey
- exploit/multi/http/vmware_vcenter_log4shell
- exploit/multi/http/vmware_vcenter_uploadova_rce
- exploit/osx/local/vmware_bash_function_root
- exploit/osx/local/vmware_fusion_lpe
- exploit/windows/http/vmware_vcenter_chargeback_upload
Authors
- theLightCosine
Version
This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.2.29-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
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