Windows Gather Active Directory User Comments - Metasploit


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

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Module Overview

Name: Windows Gather Active Directory User Comments
Module: post/windows/gather/enum_ad_user_comments
Source code: modules/post/windows/gather/enum_ad_user_comments.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 enumerate user accounts in the default Active Domain (AD) directory which contain 'pass' in their description or comment (case-insensitive) by default. In some cases, such users have their passwords specified in these fields.

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_user_comments

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

msf6 > use post/windows/gather/enum_ad_user_comments

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

       Name: Windows Gather Active Directory User Comments
     Module: post/windows/gather/enum_ad_user_comments
   Platform: Windows
       Arch: 
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  Ben Campbell <[email protected]>

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      userPrincipalName,sAMAccountName,userAccountControl,comment,description                 yes       Fields to retrieve.
  FILTER      (&(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user))(|(description=*pass*)(comment=*pass*)))  yes       Search filter.
  MAX_SEARCH  500                                                                                     yes       Maximum values to retrieve, 0 for all.
  SESSION                                                                                             yes       The session to run this module on.
  STORE_LOOT  false                                                                                   yes       Store file in loot.

Description:
  This module will enumerate user accounts in the default Active 
  Domain (AD) directory which contain 'pass' in their description or 
  comment (case-insensitive) by default. In some cases, such users 
  have their passwords specified in these fields.

References:
  http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/5392.active-directory-ldap-syntax-filters.aspx

Module Options

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

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

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

   Name        Current Setting                                                                         Required  Description
   ----        ---------------                                                                         --------  -----------
   DOMAIN                                                                                              no        The domain to query or distinguished name (e.g. DC=test,DC=com)
   FIELDS      userPrincipalName,sAMAccountName,userAccountControl,comment,description                 yes       Fields to retrieve.
   FILTER      (&(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user))(|(description=*pass*)(comment=*pass*)))  yes       Search filter.
   MAX_SEARCH  500                                                                                     yes       Maximum values to retrieve, 0 for all.
   SESSION                                                                                             yes       The session to run this module on.
   STORE_LOOT  false                                                                                   yes       Store file in loot.

Advanced Options

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

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

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

   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_user_comments module can do:

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

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_ad_user_comments) > show evasion

Module evasion options:

   Name  Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----  ---------------  --------  -----------

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References

See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

  • Ben Campbell

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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