Windows Gather Enumerate Active Domain Users - Metasploit


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Module Overview

Name: Windows Gather Enumerate Active Domain Users
Module: post/windows/gather/enum_domain_users
Source code: modules/post/windows/gather/enum_domain_users.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2020-09-22 02:56:51 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

This module will enumerate computers included in the primary Domain and attempt to list all locations the targeted user has sessions on. If the HOST option is specified the module will target only that host. If the HOST is specified and USER is set to nil, all users logged into that host will be returned.'

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_domain_users

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

msf6 > use post/windows/gather/enum_domain_users

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

       Name: Windows Gather Enumerate Active Domain Users
     Module: post/windows/gather/enum_domain_users
   Platform: Windows
       Arch: 
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  Etienne Stalmans <[email protected]>
  Ben Campbell <[email protected]>

Compatible session types:
  Meterpreter

Basic options:
  Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
  HOST                      no        Target a specific host
  SESSION                   yes       The session to run this module on.
  USER                      no        Target User for NetSessionEnum

Description:
  This module will enumerate computers included in the primary Domain 
  and attempt to list all locations the targeted user has sessions on. 
  If the HOST option is specified the module will target only that 
  host. If the HOST is specified and USER is set to nil, all users 
  logged into that host will be returned.'

Module Options

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

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

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

   Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
   HOST                      no        Target a specific host
   SESSION                   yes       The session to run this module on.
   USER                      no        Target User for NetSessionEnum

Advanced Options

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

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

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

   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_domain_users module can do:

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

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_domain_users) > 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.

Machine is not part of a domain.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Machine is not part of a domain." error message:

48:	    elsif user
49:	      # Domain must be NETBIOS style rather than DNS style
50:	      domain = get_domain
51:	
52:	      if domain.blank?
53:	        fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "Machine is not part of a domain.")
54:	      else
55:	        domain = domain.split('.').first.upcase
56:	        print_status("Using domain: #{domain}")
57:	        print_status("Getting list of domain hosts...")
58:	      end

Invalid options, either HOST or USER must be specified.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Invalid options, either HOST or USER must be specified." error message:

68:	        end
69:	      end
70:	
71:	      sessions.flatten!
72:	    else
73:	      fail_with(Failure::BadConfig, "Invalid options, either HOST or USER must be specified.")
74:	    end
75:	
76:	    if sessions.nil? or sessions.count == 0
77:	      fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "No sessions found")
78:	    else

No sessions found

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No sessions found" error message:

72:	    else
73:	      fail_with(Failure::BadConfig, "Invalid options, either HOST or USER must be specified.")
74:	    end
75:	
76:	    if sessions.nil? or sessions.count == 0
77:	      fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "No sessions found")
78:	    else
79:	      print_status("#{sessions.count} session(s) identified")
80:	
81:	      sessions.each do |s|
82:	        if s

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See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

  • Etienne Stalmans <etienne[at]sensepost.com>
  • 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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