Authentication Capture: HTTP - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: Authentication Capture: HTTP
Module: auxiliary/server/capture/http
Source code: modules/auxiliary/server/capture/http.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2020-05-12 22:15:21 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): -
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -
This module provides a fake HTTP service that is designed to capture authentication credentials.
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
msf > use auxiliary/server/capture/http
msf auxiliary(http) > show targets
... a list of targets ...
msf auxiliary(http) > set TARGET target-id
msf auxiliary(http) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(http) > exploit
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the server/capture/http auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/server/capture/http
msf6 auxiliary(server/capture/http) > show info
Name: Authentication Capture: HTTP
Module: auxiliary/server/capture/http
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
ddz <[email protected]>
hdm <[email protected]>
Available actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Capture Run capture web server
Check supported:
No
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
AUTOPWN_HOST no The IP address of the browser_autopwn service
AUTOPWN_PORT no The SRVPORT port of the browser_autopwn service
AUTOPWN_URI no The URIPATH of the browser_autopwn service
FORMSDIR /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/exploits/capture/http/forms no The directory containing form snippets (example.com.txt)
SITELIST /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/exploits/capture/http/sites.txt no The list of URLs that should be used for cookie capture
SRVHOST 0.0.0.0 yes The local host or network interface to listen on. This must be an address on the local machine or 0.0.0.0 to listen on all addresses.
SRVPORT 80 yes The local port to listen on.
SSL false no Negotiate SSL for incoming connections
SSLCert no Path to a custom SSL certificate (default is randomly generated)
TEMPLATE /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/exploits/capture/http/index.html no The HTML template to serve in responses
Description:
This module provides a fake HTTP service that is designed to capture
authentication credentials.
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the server/capture/http auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(server/capture/http) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/server/capture/http):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
AUTOPWN_HOST no The IP address of the browser_autopwn service
AUTOPWN_PORT no The SRVPORT port of the browser_autopwn service
AUTOPWN_URI no The URIPATH of the browser_autopwn service
FORMSDIR /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/exploits/capture/http/forms no The directory containing form snippets (example.com.txt)
SITELIST /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/exploits/capture/http/sites.txt no The list of URLs that should be used for cookie capture
SRVHOST 0.0.0.0 yes The local host or network interface to listen on. This must be an address on the local machine or 0.0.0.0 to listen on all addresses.
SRVPORT 80 yes The local port to listen on.
SSL false no Negotiate SSL for incoming connections
SSLCert no Path to a custom SSL certificate (default is randomly generated)
TEMPLATE /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/exploits/capture/http/index.htm no The HTML template to serve in responses
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Auxiliary action:
Name Description
---- -----------
Capture Run capture web server
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the server/capture/http auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(server/capture/http) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/server/capture/http):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
ListenerComm no The specific communication channel to use for this service
SSLCipher no String for SSL cipher spec - "DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA" or "ADH"
SSLCompression false no Enable SSL/TLS-level compression
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 server/capture/http module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(server/capture/http) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Capture Run capture web server
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the server/capture/http auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(server/capture/http) > show evasion
Module evasion options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
TCP::max_send_size 0 no Maximum 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:
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.
Error
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Error" error message:
90: close_client(cli)
91: end
92: rescue ::EOFError, ::Errno::EACCES, ::Errno::ECONNABORTED, ::Errno::ECONNRESET
93: rescue ::OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError
94: rescue ::Exception
95: print_error("Error: #{$!.class} #{$!} #{$!.backtrace}")
96: end
97:
98: close_client(cli)
99: end
100:
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Related Pull Requests
- #13443 Merged Pull Request: Add descriptions to auxiliary modules Actions
- #9897 Merged Pull Request: Fix #8404 ListenerComm Support For Exploit::Remote::TcpServer
- #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
- #5768 Merged Pull Request: Update modules to use metasploit-credential instead of report_auth_info
- #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate
- #2426 Merged Pull Request: Find and replace Msf::Config.install_root, "data"
- #1228 Merged Pull Request: MSFTIDY cleanup #1 - auxiliary
- #452 Merged Pull Request: Whitespace cleanup
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See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- auxiliary/server/capture/http_basic
- auxiliary/server/capture/http_javascript_keylogger
- auxiliary/server/capture/http_ntlm
- auxiliary/server/http_ntlmrelay
- auxiliary/server/capture/drda
- auxiliary/server/capture/ftp
- auxiliary/server/capture/imap
- auxiliary/server/capture/mssql
- auxiliary/server/capture/mysql
- auxiliary/server/capture/pop3
- auxiliary/server/capture/postgresql
- auxiliary/server/capture/printjob_capture
- auxiliary/server/capture/sip
- auxiliary/server/capture/smb
- auxiliary/server/capture/smtp
- auxiliary/server/capture/telnet
- auxiliary/server/capture/vnc
- auxiliary/dos/windows/http/http_sys_accept_encoding_dos_cve_2021_31166
- auxiliary/fuzzers/http/http_form_field
- auxiliary/fuzzers/http/http_get_uri_long
- auxiliary/fuzzers/http/http_get_uri_strings
- auxiliary/gather/http_pdf_authors
- auxiliary/scanner/http/http_header
- auxiliary/scanner/http/http_hsts
- auxiliary/scanner/http/http_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/http_put
- auxiliary/scanner/http/http_sickrage_password_leak
- auxiliary/scanner/http/http_traversal
- auxiliary/scanner/http/http_version
- post/android/capture/screen
- post/osx/capture/keylog_recorder
- post/osx/capture/screen
- post/windows/capture/keylog_recorder
- post/windows/capture/lockout_keylogger
Authors
- ddz
- hdm
Version
This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.36-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
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