Multi Gather VMWare VM Identification - Metasploit


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Module Overview

Name: Multi Gather VMWare VM Identification
Module: post/multi/gather/find_vmx
Source code: modules/post/multi/gather/find_vmx.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2021-10-06 13:43:31 +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 find any VMWare virtual machines stored on the target.

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/find_vmx

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

msf6 > use post/multi/gather/find_vmx

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

       Name: Multi Gather VMWare VM Identification
     Module: post/multi/gather/find_vmx
   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 find any VMWare virtual machines stored 
  on the target.

Module Options

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

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

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

   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/find_vmx post exploitation module:

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

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

   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/find_vmx module can do:

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

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 post(multi/gather/find_vmx) > 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.

Could not read <FILENAME> properly

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Could not read <FILENAME> properly" error message:

63:	
64:	      begin
65:	        parse = session.shell_command("cat #{filename}")
66:	        vms << parse_vmx(parse, filename)
67:	      rescue
68:	        print_error "Could not read #{filename} properly"
69:	      end
70:	    end
71:	    return vms
72:	  end
73:

Could not read <FILENAME> properly

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Could not read <FILENAME> properly" error message:

81:	      begin
82:	        config = client.fs.file.new(filename, 'r')
83:	        parse = config.read
84:	        vms << parse_vmx(parse, filename)
85:	      rescue
86:	        print_error "Could not read #{filename} properly"
87:	      end
88:	    end
89:	    return vms
90:	  end
91:

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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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