Open a file or URL on the target computer - Metasploit


This page contains detailed information about how to use the post/multi/manage/open metasploit module. For list of all metasploit modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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Module Overview

Name: Open a file or URL on the target computer
Module: post/multi/manage/open
Source code: modules/post/multi/manage/open.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2018-06-21 16:46:15 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): Linux, OSX, Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

This module will open any file or URL specified with the URI format on the target computer via the embedded commands such as 'open' or 'xdg-open'.

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/manage/open

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/manage/open
msf post(open) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf post(open) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(open) > 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/manage/open")
  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.

  • URI: URI path to open

Knowledge Base

This module allows you to open arbitrary files or URLs on the target system.

Vulnerable Application

The following platforms are supported:

  • Windows
  • Linux
  • OS X

Verification Steps

  1. Obtain a session.
  2. In msfconsole do use post/multi/open.
  3. Set the SESSION option.
  4. Set the URI to the URI you want to use (ex: https://metasploit.com or file://mouhaha.txt).
  5. Do run.

Options

URI

The URI that should be passed to the opening command, can be a webiste or a file.

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Msfconsole Usage

Here is how the multi/manage/open post exploitation module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use post/multi/manage/open

msf6 post(multi/manage/open) > show info

       Name: Open a file or URL on the target computer
     Module: post/multi/manage/open
   Platform: OSX, Linux, Windows
       Arch: 
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  Eliott Teissonniere

Compatible session types:
  Meterpreter
  Shell

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

Description:
  This module will open any file or URL specified with the URI format 
  on the target computer via the embedded commands such as 'open' or 
  'xdg-open'.

Module Options

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

msf6 post(multi/manage/open) > show options

Module options (post/multi/manage/open):

   Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
   SESSION                   yes       The session to run this module on.
   URI                       yes       URI path to open

Advanced Options

Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the multi/manage/open post exploitation module:

msf6 post(multi/manage/open) > show advanced

Module advanced options (post/multi/manage/open):

   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/manage/open module can do:

msf6 post(multi/manage/open) > show actions

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 post(multi/manage/open) > 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.

Command failed

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Command failed" error message:

73:	  def run
74:	    uri = datastore['URI']
75:	
76:	    print_status("Opening #{uri}")
77:	    if open(uri)
78:	      print_good('Success')
79:	    else
80:	      print_error('Command failed')
81:	    end
82:	  end
83:	end

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See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

  • Eliott Teissonniere

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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