Windows Gather Installed Application Within Chocolatey Enumeration - Metasploit


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

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Module Overview

Name: Windows Gather Installed Application Within Chocolatey Enumeration
Module: post/windows/gather/enum_chocolatey_applications
Source code: modules/post/windows/gather/enum_chocolatey_applications.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2022-04-01 10:56:11 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

This module will enumerate all installed applications on a Windows system with chocolatey installed

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.

Reliability:

  • repeatable-session: The module is expected to get a shell every time it runs.

Stability:

  • crash-safe: Module should not crash the service.

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_chocolatey_applications

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_chocolatey_applications
msf post(enum_chocolatey_applications) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf post(enum_chocolatey_applications) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(enum_chocolatey_applications) > 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_chocolatey_applications")
  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

Vulnerable Application

This module will enumerate all installed applications on a Windows system that are installed with Chocolatey.

Verification Steps

  1. Start msfconsole
  2. Get meterpreter or shell session
  3. Do: use post/windows/gather/enum_chocolatey_applications
  4. Do: set SESSION <session id>
  5. Do: run

Options

ChocoPath

This is here for the incredibly rare cases where chocolatey is not on the system path. It allows you to set the path of the chocolatey executable ahead of time. Unless this is changed, it assumes to use chocolatey from the path.

Scenarios

Windows 10 Pro (21H2 Build 19044.1586).

msf6 exploit(multi/handler) > [*] Meterpreter session 12 opened (192.168.56.1:4444 -> 192.168.56.112:49906 ) at 2022-03-27 15:57:39 -0400

msf6 exploit(multi/handler) > use post/windows/gather/enum_chocolatey_applications 
msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_chocolatey_applications) > set SESSION 12
SESSION => 12
msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_chocolatey_applications) > run

[*] Enumerating applications installed on DESKTOP-LB04G7R
[*] Targets Chocolatey version: 1.0.0
[*] Getting chocolatey applications.
[+] Successfully grabbed all items
Installed Chocolatey Applications
=================================

Name                       Version
----                       -------
GoogleChrome               99.0.4844.82
SQLite                     3.38.1
chocolatey                 1.0.0
chocolatey-core.extension  1.3.5.1
notepadplusplus            8.3.3
notepadplusplus.install    8.3.3
sublimetext3               3.2.2

[+] Results stored in: /home/rad10/.msf4/loot/20220327160034_default_192.168.56.112_host.application_704988.txt
[*] Post module execution completed

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Msfconsole Usage

Here is how the windows/gather/enum_chocolatey_applications post exploitation module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use post/windows/gather/enum_chocolatey_applications

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

       Name: Windows Gather Installed Application Within Chocolatey Enumeration
     Module: post/windows/gather/enum_chocolatey_applications
   Platform: Windows
       Arch: 
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  Nick Cottrell <[email protected]>

Module stability:
 crash-safe

Module reliability:
 repeatable-session

Compatible session types:
  Meterpreter
  Shell

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

Description:
  This module will enumerate all installed applications on a Windows 
  system with chocolatey installed

Module Options

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

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

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

   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/enum_chocolatey_applications post exploitation module:

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

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

   Name       Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----       ---------------  --------  -----------
   ChocoPath  choco.exe        no        The path to the chocolatey executable if it's not on default path
   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_chocolatey_applications module can do:

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

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_chocolatey_applications) > 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.

Chocolatey path not found

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Chocolatey path not found" error message:

46:	  end
47:	
48:	  def run
49:	    # checking that session is meterpreter and session has powershell
50:	    choco_path = chocopath
51:	    fail_with(Failure::NotFound, 'Chocolatey path not found') unless choco_path
52:	
53:	    print_status("Enumerating applications installed on #{sysinfo['Computer']}") if session.type == 'meterpreter'
54:	
55:	    # getting chocolatey version
56:	    choco_version = cmd_exec(choco_path, '-v')

Failed to get chocolatey version. Result was unexpected: <CHOCO_VERSION>

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Failed to get chocolatey version. Result was unexpected: <CHOCO_VERSION>" error message:

65:	             cmd_exec(choco_path, 'list -lo')
66:	           elsif choco_version.match(/^(?:[2-9]|\d{2,})\.\d+\.\d+$/)
67:	             # its version 2 or above, no need for local
68:	             cmd_exec(choco_path, 'list')
69:	           else
70:	             fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, "Failed to get chocolatey version. Result was unexpected: #{choco_version}")
71:	           end
72:	    print_good('Successfully grabbed all items')
73:	
74:	    # making table to better organize applications and their versions
75:	    table = Rex::Text::Table.new(

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See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

  • Nick Cottrell <ncottrellweb[at]gmail.com>

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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