Multi Gather Ping Sweep - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: Multi Gather Ping Sweep
Module: post/multi/gather/ping_sweep
Source code: modules/post/multi/gather/ping_sweep.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2017-07-24 06:26:21 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): BSD, Linux, OSX, Solaris, Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -
Performs IPv4 ping sweep using the OS included ping command.
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/ping_sweep
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/ping_sweep
msf post(ping_sweep) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf post(ping_sweep) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(ping_sweep) > 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/ping_sweep")
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.
RHOSTS: IP Range to perform ping sweep against.
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the multi/gather/ping_sweep post exploitation module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use post/multi/gather/ping_sweep
msf6 post(multi/gather/ping_sweep) > show info
Name: Multi Gather Ping Sweep
Module: post/multi/gather/ping_sweep
Platform: BSD, Linux, OSX, Solaris, Windows
Arch:
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
Carlos Perez <[email protected]>
Compatible session types:
Meterpreter
Shell
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
RHOSTS yes IP Range to perform ping sweep against.
SESSION yes The session to run this module on.
Description:
Performs IPv4 ping sweep using the OS included ping command.
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the multi/gather/ping_sweep post exploitation module:
msf6 post(multi/gather/ping_sweep) > show options
Module options (post/multi/gather/ping_sweep):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
RHOSTS yes IP Range to perform ping sweep against.
SESSION yes The session to run this module on.
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the multi/gather/ping_sweep post exploitation module:
msf6 post(multi/gather/ping_sweep) > show advanced
Module advanced options (post/multi/gather/ping_sweep):
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/ping_sweep module can do:
msf6 post(multi/gather/ping_sweep) > show actions
Post actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the multi/gather/ping_sweep post exploitation module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 post(multi/gather/ping_sweep) > 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.
<IP_ADD> host not found
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<IP_ADD> host not found" error message:
63: end
64: if r =~ /(TTL|Alive)/i
65: print_good "\t#{ip_add} host found"
66: ip_found << ip_add
67: else
68: vprint_status("\t#{ip_add} host not found")
69: end
70:
71: end
72: end
73: a.map {|x| x.join }
The following Error was encountered: <E.CLASS> <E>
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "The following Error was encountered: <E.CLASS> <E>" error message:
72: end
73: a.map {|x| x.join }
74: end
75: rescue Rex::TimeoutError, Rex::Post::Meterpreter::RequestError
76: rescue ::Exception => e
77: print_status("The following Error was encountered: #{e.class} #{e}")
78: end
79:
80: ip_found.each do |ip|
81: report_host(:host => ip)
82: 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
- #6687 Merged Pull Request: Fix meterpreter platform to include OS in the tuple for all meterpreters
- #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
- #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
- #898 Merged Pull Request: performance fix for post modules for host discovery
- #674 Merged Pull Request: Comply with msftidy
- #641 Merged Pull Request: Fixes in threading and for Java Meterpreter on OSX
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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/pidgin_cred
- 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
- 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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