Multi Gather VirtualBox VM Enumeration - Metasploit


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Module Overview

Name: Multi Gather VirtualBox VM Enumeration
Module: post/multi/gather/enum_vbox
Source code: modules/post/multi/gather/enum_vbox.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2017-09-30 15:45:52 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): BSD, Linux, OSX, Unix, Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

This module will attempt to enumerate any VirtualBox VMs on the target machine. Due to the nature of VirtualBox, this module can only enumerate VMs registered for the current user, therefore, this module needs to be invoked from a user context.

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/multi/gather/enum_vbox

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/multi/gather/enum_vbox
msf post(enum_vbox) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf post(enum_vbox) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(enum_vbox) > 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/multi/gather/enum_vbox")
  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 multi/gather/enum_vbox post exploitation module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use post/multi/gather/enum_vbox

msf6 post(multi/gather/enum_vbox) > show info

       Name: Multi Gather VirtualBox VM Enumeration
     Module: post/multi/gather/enum_vbox
   Platform: BSD, Linux, OSX, Unix, Windows
       Arch: 
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  theLightCosine <[email protected]>

Compatible session types:
  Meterpreter
  Shell

Basic options:
  Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
  SESSION                   yes       The session to run this module on.

Description:
  This module will attempt to enumerate any VirtualBox VMs on the 
  target machine. Due to the nature of VirtualBox, this module can 
  only enumerate VMs registered for the current user, therefore, this 
  module needs to be invoked from a user context.

Module Options

This is a complete list of options available in the multi/gather/enum_vbox post exploitation module:

msf6 post(multi/gather/enum_vbox) > show options

Module options (post/multi/gather/enum_vbox):

   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 multi/gather/enum_vbox post exploitation module:

msf6 post(multi/gather/enum_vbox) > show advanced

Module advanced options (post/multi/gather/enum_vbox):

   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 multi/gather/enum_vbox module can do:

msf6 post(multi/gather/enum_vbox) > show actions

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options

Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the multi/gather/enum_vbox post exploitation module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):

msf6 post(multi/gather/enum_vbox) > 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:

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.

VirtualBox does not appear to be installed on this machine

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "VirtualBox does not appear to be installed on this machine" error message:

29:	    when 'windows'
30:	      if session.type == 'meterpreter'
31:	        begin
32:	          res = cmd_exec('c:\\Program Files\\Oracle\\VirtualBox\\vboxmanage', 'list -l vms')
33:	        rescue ::Rex::Post::Meterpreter::RequestError
34:	          print_error('VirtualBox does not appear to be installed on this machine')
35:	          return nil
36:	        end
37:	
38:	        if res.empty?
39:	          print_status('VirtualBox is installed but this user has no VMs registered. Try another user.')

VirtualBox is installed but this user has no VMs registered. Try another user.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "VirtualBox is installed but this user has no VMs registered. Try another user." error message:

34:	          print_error('VirtualBox does not appear to be installed on this machine')
35:	          return nil
36:	        end
37:	
38:	        if res.empty?
39:	          print_status('VirtualBox is installed but this user has no VMs registered. Try another user.')
40:	          return nil
41:	        end
42:	      else
43:	        res = cmd_exec('"c:\\Program Files\\Oracle\\VirtualBox\\vboxmanage" list -l vms')
44:	        if res.empty?

VirtualBox isn't installed or this user has no VMs registered

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "VirtualBox isn't installed or this user has no VMs registered" error message:

40:	          return nil
41:	        end
42:	      else
43:	        res = cmd_exec('"c:\\Program Files\\Oracle\\VirtualBox\\vboxmanage" list -l vms')
44:	        if res.empty?
45:	          print_error('VirtualBox isn\'t installed or this user has no VMs registered')
46:	          return nil
47:	        end
48:	      end
49:	    when 'unix', 'linux', 'bsd', 'osx'
50:	      res = cmd_exec('vboxmanage list -l vms')

VirtualBox isn't installed or this user has no VMs registered

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "VirtualBox isn't installed or this user has no VMs registered" error message:

48:	      end
49:	    when 'unix', 'linux', 'bsd', 'osx'
50:	      res = cmd_exec('vboxmanage list -l vms')
51:	
52:	      unless res.start_with?('Sun VirtualBox') || res.include?('Name:')
53:	        print_error('VirtualBox isn\'t installed or this user has no VMs registered')
54:	        return nil
55:	      end
56:	    end
57:	
58:	    return nil unless res

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See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

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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