OS X Gather Airport Wireless Preferences - Metasploit


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

Module Overview


Name: OS X Gather Airport Wireless Preferences
Module: post/osx/gather/enum_airport
Source code: modules/post/osx/gather/enum_airport.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 download OS X Airport Wireless preferences from the victim machine. The preferences file (which is a plist) contains information such as: SSID, Channels, Security Type, Password ID, etc.

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/gather/enum_airport

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/gather/enum_airport
msf post(enum_airport) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf post(enum_airport) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(enum_airport) > 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/gather/enum_airport")
  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 osx/gather/enum_airport post exploitation module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use post/osx/gather/enum_airport

msf6 post(osx/gather/enum_airport) > show info

       Name: OS X Gather Airport Wireless Preferences
     Module: post/osx/gather/enum_airport
   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.

Description:
  This module will download OS X Airport Wireless preferences from the 
  victim machine. The preferences file (which is a plist) contains 
  information such as: SSID, Channels, Security Type, Password ID, 
  etc.

Module Options


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

msf6 post(osx/gather/enum_airport) > show options

Module options (post/osx/gather/enum_airport):

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

Advanced Options


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

msf6 post(osx/gather/enum_airport) > show advanced

Module advanced options (post/osx/gather/enum_airport):

   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/gather/enum_airport module can do:

msf6 post(osx/gather/enum_airport) > show actions

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options


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

msf6 post(osx/gather/enum_airport) > 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:

25:	    begin
26:	      out = cmd_exec(cmd).chomp
27:	    rescue ::Timeout::Error => e
28:	      tries += 1
29:	      if tries < 3
30:	        vprint_error("#{@peer} - #{e.message} - retrying...")
31:	        retry
32:	      end
33:	    rescue EOFError => e
34:	      tries += 1
35:	      if tries < 3

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


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

31:	        retry
32:	      end
33:	    rescue EOFError => e
34:	      tries += 1
35:	      if tries < 3
36:	        vprint_error("#{@peer} - #{e.message} - retrying...")
37:	        retry
38:	      end
39:	    end
40:	  end
41:	

<PEER> - Unable to find airport preferences


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - Unable to find airport preferences" error message:

60:	    @peer = "#{session.session_host}:#{session.session_port}"
61:	
62:	    # Download the plist.  If not found (nil), then bail
63:	    pref = get_air_preferences
64:	    if pref.nil?
65:	      print_error("#{@peer} - Unable to find airport preferences")
66:	      return
67:	    end
68:	
69:	    # Save the raw version of the plist
70:	    save(pref)

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See Also


Check also the following modules related to this module:

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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