Windows Active Directory Wordlist Builder - Metasploit


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

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Module Overview

Name: Windows Active Directory Wordlist Builder
Module: post/windows/gather/enum_ad_to_wordlist
Source code: modules/post/windows/gather/enum_ad_to_wordlist.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2017-07-24 06:26:21 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

This module will gather information from the default Active Domain (AD) directory and use these words to seed a wordlist. By default it enumerates user accounts to build the wordlist.

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/enum_ad_to_wordlist

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

msf6 > use post/windows/gather/enum_ad_to_wordlist

msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_ad_to_wordlist) > show info

       Name: Windows Active Directory Wordlist Builder
     Module: post/windows/gather/enum_ad_to_wordlist
   Platform: Windows
       Arch: 
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  Thomas Ring

Compatible session types:
  Meterpreter

Basic options:
  Name        Current Setting                                                                                                                                   Required  Description
  ----        ---------------                                                                                                                                   --------  -----------
  DOMAIN                                                                                                                                                        no        The domain to query or distinguished name (e.g. DC=test,DC=com)
  FIELDS      sn,givenName,state,postalCode,physicalDeliveryOfficeName,telephoneNumber,mobile,facsimileTelephoneNumber,displayName,title,department,company,st  yes       Fields to retrieve (ie, sn, givenName, displayName, description, comment)
              reetAddress,sAMAccountName,comment,description
  FILTER      (&(objectClass=organizationalPerson)(objectClass=user)(objectClass=person)(!(objectClass=computer)))                                              yes       Search filter.
  MAX_SEARCH  500                                                                                                                                               yes       Maximum values to retrieve, 0 for all.
  SESSION                                                                                                                                                       yes       The session to run this module on.

Description:
  This module will gather information from the default Active Domain 
  (AD) directory and use these words to seed a wordlist. By default it 
  enumerates user accounts to build the wordlist.

Module Options

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

msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_ad_to_wordlist) > show options

Module options (post/windows/gather/enum_ad_to_wordlist):

   Name        Current Setting                                                                                                                                  Required  Description
   ----        ---------------                                                                                                                                  --------  -----------
   DOMAIN                                                                                                                                                       no        The domain to query or distinguished name (e.g. DC=test,DC=com)
   FIELDS      sn,givenName,state,postalCode,physicalDeliveryOfficeName,telephoneNumber,mobile,facsimileTelephoneNumber,displayName,title,department,company,s  yes       Fields to retrieve (ie, sn, givenName, displayName, description, comment)
               treetAddress,sAMAccountName,comment,description
   FILTER      (&(objectClass=organizationalPerson)(objectClass=user)(objectClass=person)(!(objectClass=computer)))                                             yes       Search filter.
   MAX_SEARCH  500                                                                                                                                              yes       Maximum values to retrieve, 0 for all.
   SESSION                                                                                                                                                      yes       The session to run this module on.

Advanced Options

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

msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_ad_to_wordlist) > show advanced

Module advanced options (post/windows/gather/enum_ad_to_wordlist):

   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/enum_ad_to_wordlist module can do:

msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_ad_to_wordlist) > show actions

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_ad_to_wordlist) > 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.

The wordlist is empty

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "The wordlist is empty" error message:

71:	    # build array of words to output sorted on frequency
72:	    ordered_dict = @words_dict.sort_by { |k,v| v }.reverse
73:	    ordered_dict.collect! { |k, v| k }
74:	
75:	    if ordered_dict.blank?
76:	      print_error("The wordlist is empty")
77:	      return
78:	    end
79:	
80:	    print_good("Wordlist with #{ordered_dict.length} entries built")
81:	    stored_path = store_loot('ad.wordlist', 'text/plain', session, ordered_dict.join("\n"))

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See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

  • Thomas Ring

Version

This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.41-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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