Multi Gather Resolve Hosts - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: Multi Gather Resolve Hosts
Module: post/multi/gather/resolve_hosts
Source code: modules/post/multi/gather/resolve_hosts.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2021-10-06 13:43:31 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): Python, Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -
Resolves hostnames to either IPv4 or IPv6 addresses from the perspective of the remote host.
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/resolve_hosts
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/resolve_hosts
msf post(resolve_hosts) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf post(resolve_hosts) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(resolve_hosts) > 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/resolve_hosts")
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/resolve_hosts post exploitation module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use post/multi/gather/resolve_hosts
msf6 post(multi/gather/resolve_hosts) > show info
Name: Multi Gather Resolve Hosts
Module: post/multi/gather/resolve_hosts
Platform: Windows, Python
Arch:
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
Ben Campbell <[email protected]>
Compatible session types:
Meterpreter
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
AI_FAMILY IPv4 yes Address Family (Accepted: IPv4, IPv6)
DATABASE true no Report found hosts to DB
HOSTFILE no Line separated file with hostnames to resolve.
HOSTNAMES no Comma separated list of hostnames to resolve.
SESSION yes The session to run this module on.
Description:
Resolves hostnames to either IPv4 or IPv6 addresses from the
perspective of the remote host.
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the multi/gather/resolve_hosts post exploitation module:
msf6 post(multi/gather/resolve_hosts) > show options
Module options (post/multi/gather/resolve_hosts):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
AI_FAMILY IPv4 yes Address Family (Accepted: IPv4, IPv6)
DATABASE true no Report found hosts to DB
HOSTFILE no Line separated file with hostnames to resolve.
HOSTNAMES no Comma separated list of hostnames to resolve.
SESSION yes The session to run this module on.
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the multi/gather/resolve_hosts post exploitation module:
msf6 post(multi/gather/resolve_hosts) > show advanced
Module advanced options (post/multi/gather/resolve_hosts):
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/resolve_hosts module can do:
msf6 post(multi/gather/resolve_hosts) > show actions
Post actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the multi/gather/resolve_hosts post exploitation module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 post(multi/gather/resolve_hosts) > 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.
No hostnames to resolve.
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No hostnames to resolve." error message:
44: hosts << hostname unless hostname.empty?
45: end
46: end
47:
48: if hosts.empty?
49: fail_with(Failure::BadConfig, "No hostnames to resolve.")
50: end
51:
52: hosts.uniq!
53:
54: if datastore['AI_FAMILY'] == 'IPv4'
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Related Pull Requests
- #12279 Merged Pull Request: Save the data collected by resolve_hosts
- #8338 Merged Pull Request: Fix msf/core and self.class msftidy warnings
- #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
- #3216 Merged Pull Request: Update @Meatballs1 and @FireFart in authors.rb
- #2418 Merged Pull Request: Use meterpreter dns resolve
- #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate
- #2522 Merged Pull Request: Release time fixes to modules
- #2453 Merged Pull Request: Add pymeterpreter support for stdapi_net_resolve_host.
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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/ping_sweep
- post/multi/gather/remmina_creds
- 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
- Ben Campbell
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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