Multi Gather Pidgin Instant Messenger Credential Collection - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: Multi Gather Pidgin Instant Messenger Credential Collection
Module: post/multi/gather/pidgin_cred
Source code: modules/post/multi/gather/pidgin_cred.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 collect credentials from the Pidgin IM client if it is installed.
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/pidgin_cred
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/pidgin_cred
msf post(pidgin_cred) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf post(pidgin_cred) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(pidgin_cred) > 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/pidgin_cred")
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/pidgin_cred post exploitation module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use post/multi/gather/pidgin_cred
msf6 post(multi/gather/pidgin_cred) > show info
Name: Multi Gather Pidgin Instant Messenger Credential Collection
Module: post/multi/gather/pidgin_cred
Platform: BSD, Linux, OSX, Unix, Windows
Arch:
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
bannedit <[email protected]>
Carlos Perez <[email protected]>
Compatible session types:
Meterpreter
Shell
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
CONTACTS false no Collect contact lists?
SESSION yes The session to run this module on.
Description:
This module will collect credentials from the Pidgin IM client if it
is installed.
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the multi/gather/pidgin_cred post exploitation module:
msf6 post(multi/gather/pidgin_cred) > show options
Module options (post/multi/gather/pidgin_cred):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
CONTACTS false no Collect contact lists?
SESSION yes The session to run this module on.
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the multi/gather/pidgin_cred post exploitation module:
msf6 post(multi/gather/pidgin_cred) > show advanced
Module advanced options (post/multi/gather/pidgin_cred):
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/pidgin_cred module can do:
msf6 post(multi/gather/pidgin_cred) > show actions
Post actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the multi/gather/pidgin_cred post exploitation module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 post(multi/gather/pidgin_cred) > 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.
Unsupported platform <SESSION.PLATFORM>
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Unsupported platform <SESSION.PLATFORM>" error message:
52:
53: pdir = check_pidgin(user['AppData'])
54: paths << pdir if pdir
55: end
56: else
57: print_error "Unsupported platform #{session.platform}"
58: return
59: end
60: if paths.nil? or paths.empty?
61: print_status("No users found with a .purple directory")
62: return
No users found with a .purple directory
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No users found with a .purple directory" error message:
56: else
57: print_error "Unsupported platform #{session.platform}"
58: return
59: end
60: if paths.nil? or paths.empty?
61: print_status("No users found with a .purple directory")
62: return
63: end
64:
65: get_pidgin_creds(paths)
66: 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
- #7507 Merged Pull Request: Refactor arch/platform, refactor TLV XOR, add UUID to each packet, fix payload uuid/arch/platform tracking, and update everything to match
- #7200 Merged Pull Request: Rex::Ui::Text cleanup
- #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
- #6648 Merged Pull Request: Change metasploit class names
- #2782 Merged Pull Request: Stop abusing expand path
- #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate
- #2417 Merged Pull Request: Prefer Ruby style for single word collections
- #2304 Merged Pull Request: Fix load order in posts, hopefully forever
- #1241 Merged Pull Request: Removed all $Id$ and $Revision$ occurences
- #958 Merged Pull Request: Msftidy 2
- #674 Merged Pull Request: Comply with msftidy
- #145 Merged Pull Request: pidging credential module did not set the proper path
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See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- post/multi/gather/apple_ios_backup
- post/multi/gather/aws_ec2_instance_metadata
- post/multi/gather/aws_keys
- post/multi/gather/check_malware
- post/multi/gather/chrome_cookies
- post/multi/gather/dbvis_enum
- post/multi/gather/dns_bruteforce
- post/multi/gather/dns_reverse_lookup
- post/multi/gather/dns_srv_lookup
- post/multi/gather/docker_creds
- post/multi/gather/enum_hexchat
- post/multi/gather/enum_software_versions
- post/multi/gather/enum_vbox
- post/multi/gather/env
- post/multi/gather/fetchmailrc_creds
- post/multi/gather/filezilla_client_cred
- post/multi/gather/find_vmx
- post/multi/gather/firefox_creds
- post/multi/gather/gpg_creds
- post/multi/gather/grub_creds
- post/multi/gather/irssi_creds
- post/multi/gather/jboss_gather
- post/multi/gather/jenkins_gather
- post/multi/gather/lastpass_creds
- post/multi/gather/maven_creds
- post/multi/gather/multi_command
- post/multi/gather/netrc_creds
- post/multi/gather/pgpass_creds
- post/multi/gather/ping_sweep
- post/multi/gather/remmina_creds
- post/multi/gather/resolve_hosts
- post/multi/gather/rsyncd_creds
- post/multi/gather/rubygems_api_key
- post/multi/gather/run_console_rc_file
- post/multi/gather/saltstack_salt
- post/multi/gather/skype_enum
- post/multi/gather/ssh_creds
- post/multi/gather/thunderbird_creds
- post/multi/gather/tomcat_gather
- post/multi/gather/ubiquiti_unifi_backup
- post/multi/gather/unix_cached_ad_hashes
- post/multi/gather/unix_kerberos_tickets
- post/multi/gather/wlan_geolocate
Authors
- bannedit
- Carlos Perez <carlos_perez[at]darkoperator.com>
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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