OS X Text to Speech Utility - Metasploit

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

Module Overview

Name: OS X Text to Speech Utility
Module: post/osx/admin/say
Source code: modules/post/osx/admin/say.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2017-07-24 06:26:21 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): OSX
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

This module will speak whatever is in the 'TEXT' option on the victim machine.

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/osx/admin/say

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/osx/admin/say
msf post(say) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf post(say) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(say) > 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/osx/admin/say")
  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.

Knowledge Base

say -v ?
Alex                en_US    # Most people recognize me by my voice.
Alice               it_IT    # Salve, mi chiamo Alice e sono una voce italiana.
Alva                sv_SE    # Hej, jag heter Alva. Jag är en svensk röst.
Amelie              fr_CA    # Bonjour, je m’appelle Amelie. Je suis une voix canadienne.
Anna                de_DE    # Hallo, ich heiße Anna und ich bin eine deutsche Stimme.
Carmit              he_IL    # שלום. קוראים לי כרמית, ואני קול בשפה העברית.
Damayanti           id_ID    # Halo, nama saya Damayanti. Saya berbahasa Indonesia.
Daniel              en_GB    # Hello, my name is Daniel. I am a British-English voice.
Diego               es_AR    # Hola, me llamo Diego y soy una voz española.
Ellen               nl_BE    # Hallo, mijn naam is Ellen. Ik ben een Belgische stem.
Fiona               en-scotland # Hello, my name is Fiona. I am a Scottish-English voice.
Fred                en_US    # I sure like being inside this fancy computer
Ioana               ro_RO    # Bună, mă cheamă Ioana . Sunt o voce românească.
Joana               pt_PT    # Olá, chamo-me Joana e dou voz ao português falado em Portugal.
Jorge               es_ES    # Hola, me llamo Jorge y soy una voz española.
Juan                es_MX    # Hola, me llamo Juan y soy una voz mexicana.
Kanya               th_TH    # สวัสดีค่ะ ดิฉันชื่อKanya
Karen               en_AU    # Hello, my name is Karen. I am an Australian-English voice.
Kyoko               ja_JP    # こんにちは、私の名前はKyokoです。日本語の音声をお届けします。
Laura               sk_SK    # Ahoj. Volám sa Laura . Som hlas v slovenskom jazyku.
Lekha               hi_IN    # नमस्कार, मेरा नाम लेखा है. मैं हिन्दी में बोलने वाली आवाज़ हूँ.
Luca                it_IT    # Salve, mi chiamo Luca e sono una voce italiana.
Luciana             pt_BR    # Olá, o meu nome é Luciana e a minha voz corresponde ao português que é falado no Brasil
Maged               ar_SA    # مرحبًا اسمي Maged. أنا عربي من السعودية.
Mariska             hu_HU    # Üdvözlöm! Mariska vagyok. Én vagyok a magyar hang.
Mei-Jia             zh_TW    # 您好，我叫美佳。我說國語。
Melina              el_GR    # Γεια σας, ονομάζομαι Melina. Είμαι μια ελληνική φωνή.
Milena              ru_RU    # Здравствуйте, меня зовут Milena. Я – русский голос системы.
Moira               en_IE    # Hello, my name is Moira. I am an Irish-English voice.
Monica              es_ES    # Hola, me llamo Monica y soy una voz española.
Nora                nb_NO    # Hei, jeg heter Nora. Jeg er en norsk stemme.
Paulina             es_MX    # Hola, me llamo Paulina y soy una voz mexicana.
Samantha            en_US    # Hello, my name is Samantha. I am an American-English voice.
Sara                da_DK    # Hej, jeg hedder Sara. Jeg er en dansk stemme.
Satu                fi_FI    # Hei, minun nimeni on Satu. Olen suomalainen ääni.
Sin-ji              zh_HK    # 您好，我叫 Sin-ji。我講廣東話。
Tessa               en_ZA    # Hello, my name is Tessa. I am a South African-English voice.
Thomas              fr_FR    # Bonjour, je m’appelle Thomas. Je suis une voix française.
Ting-Ting           zh_CN    # 您好，我叫Ting-Ting。我讲中文普通话。
Veena               en_IN    # Hello, my name is Veena. I am an Indian-English voice.
Victoria            en_US    # Isn't it nice to have a computer that will talk to you?
Xander              nl_NL    # Hallo, mijn naam is Xander. Ik ben een Nederlandse stem.
Yelda               tr_TR    # Merhaba, benim adım Yelda. Ben Türkçe bir sesim.
Yuna                ko_KR    # 안녕하세요. 제 이름은 Yuna입니다. 저는 한국어 음성입니다.
Yuri                ru_RU    # Здравствуйте, меня зовут Yuri. Я – русский голос системы.
Zosia               pl_PL    # Witaj. Mam na imię Zosia, jestem głosem kobiecym dla języka polskiego.
Zuzana              cs_CZ    # Dobrý den, jmenuji se Zuzana. Jsem český hlas.

msf5 auxiliary(scanner/ssh/ssh_login) > use post/osx/admin/say 
msf5 post(osx/admin/say) > set session 1
session => 1
msf5 post(osx/admin/say) > run
[*] Post module execution completed

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Msfconsole Usage

Here is how the osx/admin/say post exploitation module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use post/osx/admin/say

msf6 post(osx/admin/say) > show info

       Name: OS X Text to Speech Utility
     Module: post/osx/admin/say
   Platform: OSX
       Arch: 
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  sinn3r <[email protected]>

Compatible session types:
  Meterpreter
  Shell

Basic options:
  Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
  SESSION                   yes       The session to run this module on.
  TEXT     meta-sploit!     yes       The text to say
  VOICE    alex             yes       The voice to use

Description:
  This module will speak whatever is in the 'TEXT' option on the 
  victim machine.

References:
  http://www.gabrielserafini.com/blog/2008/08/19/mac-os-x-voices-for-using-with-the-say-command/

Module Options

This is a complete list of options available in the osx/admin/say post exploitation module:

msf6 post(osx/admin/say) > show options

Module options (post/osx/admin/say):

   Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
   SESSION                   yes       The session to run this module on.
   TEXT     meta-sploit!     yes       The text to say
   VOICE    alex             yes       The voice to use

Advanced Options

Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the osx/admin/say post exploitation module:

msf6 post(osx/admin/say) > show advanced

Module advanced options (post/osx/admin/say):

   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 osx/admin/say module can do:

msf6 post(osx/admin/say) > show actions

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 post(osx/admin/say) > 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.

<PEER> - <E.MESSAGE> - retrying...

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - <E.MESSAGE> - retrying..." error message:

34:	    begin
35:	      out = cmd_exec(cmd).chomp
36:	    rescue ::Timeout::Error => e
37:	      tries += 1
38:	      if tries < 3
39:	        vprint_error("#{@peer} - #{e.message} - retrying...")
40:	        retry
41:	      end
42:	    rescue EOFError => e
43:	      tries += 1
44:	      if tries < 3

<PEER> - <E.MESSAGE> - retrying...

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - <E.MESSAGE> - retrying..." error message:

40:	        retry
41:	      end
42:	    rescue EOFError => e
43:	      tries += 1
44:	      if tries < 3
45:	        vprint_error("#{@peer} - #{e.message} - retrying...")
46:	        retry
47:	      end
48:	    end
49:	  end
50:	

The remote machine does not have the 'say' command

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "The remote machine does not have the 'say' command" error message:

54:	    voice = datastore['VOICE']
55:	
56:	    # Say the text
57:	    out = cmd_exec("say -v \"#{voice}\" \"#{txt}\"")
58:	    if out =~ /command not found/
59:	      print_error("The remote machine does not have the \'say\' command")
60:	    elsif not out.empty?
61:	      print_status(out)
62:	    end
63:	  end
64:	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
• #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
• #6648 Merged Pull Request: Change metasploit class names
• #5964 Merged Pull Request: Support meterpreter for OS X post modules
• #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate
• #2304 Merged Pull Request: Fix load order in posts, hopefully forever
• #693 Merged Pull Request: Correct OSX naming
• #407 Merged Pull Request: OSX Text-to-Speech tool

References

• CVE: Not available
• http://www.gabrielserafini.com/blog/2008/08/19/mac-os-x-voices-for-using-with-the-say-command/

See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

• post/osx/capture/keylog_recorder
• post/osx/capture/screen
• post/osx/escalate/tccbypass
• post/osx/gather/apfs_encrypted_volume_passwd
• post/osx/gather/autologin_password
• post/osx/gather/enum_adium
• post/osx/gather/enum_airport
• post/osx/gather/enum_chicken_vnc_profile
• post/osx/gather/enum_colloquy
• post/osx/gather/enum_keychain
• post/osx/gather/enum_messages
• post/osx/gather/enum_osx
• post/osx/gather/gitignore
• post/osx/gather/hashdump
• post/osx/gather/password_prompt_spoof
• post/osx/gather/safari_lastsession
• post/osx/gather/vnc_password_osx
• post/osx/manage/mount_share
• post/osx/manage/record_mic
• post/osx/manage/sonic_pi
• post/osx/manage/vpn
• post/osx/manage/webcam

Authors

• sinn3r

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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