Windows Gather Hardware Enumeration - Metasploit


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

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Module Overview

Name: Windows Gather Hardware Enumeration
Module: post/windows/gather/enum_devices
Source code: modules/post/windows/gather/enum_devices.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: -

Enumerate PCI hardware information from the registry. Please note this script will run through registry subkeys such as: 'PCI', 'ACPI', 'ACPI_HAL', 'FDC', 'HID', 'HTREE', 'IDE', 'ISAPNP', 'LEGACY'', LPTENUM', 'PCIIDE', 'SCSI', 'STORAGE', 'SW', and 'USB'; it will take time to finish. It is recommended to run this module as a background job.

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_devices

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_devices
msf post(enum_devices) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf post(enum_devices) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(enum_devices) > 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_devices")
  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

Enumerate PCI hardware information from the registry. Please note this script will run through registry subkeys such as: 'PCI', 'ACPI', 'ACPI_HAL', 'FDC', 'HID', 'HTREE', 'IDE', 'ISAPNP', 'LEGACY'', LPTENUM', 'PCIIDE', 'SCSI', 'STORAGE', 'SW', and 'USB'; it will take time to finish. It is recommended to run this module as a background job.

Verification Steps

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

Options

SESSION

The session to run the module on.

Scenarios

Windows 7 (6.1 Build 7601, Service Pack 1).

  [*] Meterpreter session 1 opened (192.168.1.3:4444 -> 192.168.1.10:49160) at 2019-12-11 15:45:16 -0700

  msf > use post/windows/gather/enum_devices
  msf post(windows/gather/enum_devices) > set SESSION 1
    SESSION => 1
  msf post(windows/gather/enum_devices) > run

    [*] Enumerating hardware on TEST-PC
    [+] Results saved in: /root/.msf4/loot/20191211161351_default_192.168.1.10_host.hardware_245183.txt
    [*] Post module execution completed

Example of looted output

    [*] exec: cat /root/.msf4/loot/20191211161351_default_192.168.1.10_host.hardware_245183.txt

    Device Information
    ==================

    Device Description                                     Driver Version   Class         Manufacturer                          Extra
    ------------------                                     --------------   -----         ------------                          -----
    ACPI Fixed Feature Button                              6.1.7601.17514   System        (Standard system devices)
    ACPI x86-based PC                                      6.1.7600.16385   Computer      (Standard computers)
    AMD K8 Processor                                       6.1.7600.16385   Processor     Advanced Micro Devices                Common KVM processor
    Beep                                                                    LegacyDriver
    CD-ROM Drive                                           6.1.7601.17514   CDROM         (Standard CD-ROM drives)              QEMU QEMU DVD-ROM ATA Device
    CD/DVD File System Reader                                               LegacyDriver
    CNG                                                                     LegacyDriver
    Composite Bus Enumerator                               6.1.7601.17514   System        Microsoft
    Disk drive                                             6.1.7600.16385   DiskDrive     (Standard disk drives)                Red Hat VirtIO SCSI Disk Device
    ...snip...

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Msfconsole Usage

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

msf6 > use post/windows/gather/enum_devices

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

       Name: Windows Gather Hardware Enumeration
     Module: post/windows/gather/enum_devices
   Platform: Windows
       Arch: 
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  Brandon Perry <[email protected]>

Compatible session types:
  Meterpreter

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

Description:
  Enumerate PCI hardware information from the registry. Please note 
  this script will run through registry subkeys such as: 'PCI', 
  'ACPI', 'ACPI_HAL', 'FDC', 'HID', 'HTREE', 'IDE', 'ISAPNP', 
  'LEGACY'', LPTENUM', 'PCIIDE', 'SCSI', 'STORAGE', 'SW', and 'USB'; 
  it will take time to finish. It is recommended to run this module as 
  a background job.

Module Options

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

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

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

   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_devices post exploitation module:

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

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

   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_devices module can do:

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

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_devices) > 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.

Sorry, execution expired. Module could not finish running.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Sorry, execution expired. Module could not finish running." error message:

141:	    print_status("Enumerating hardware on #{sysinfo['Computer']}")
142:	    begin
143:	      list
144:	    rescue ::Exception => e
145:	      if e.to_s =~ /execution expired/i
146:	        print_error("Sorry, execution expired. Module could not finish running.")
147:	      else
148:	        print_error("An unexpected error has occurred: #{e.to_s}:\n#{e.backtrace}")
149:	      end
150:	    end
151:	  end

An unexpected error has occurred: <E.TO_S>:n<E.BACKTRACE>

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

142:	    begin
143:	      list
144:	    rescue ::Exception => e
145:	      if e.to_s =~ /execution expired/i
146:	        print_error("Sorry, execution expired. Module could not finish running.")
147:	      else
148:	        print_error("An unexpected error has occurred: #{e.to_s}:\n#{e.backtrace}")
149:	      end
150:	    end
151:	  end
152:	end

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See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

  • Brandon Perry <bperry.volatile[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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