Windows Gather Powershell Environment Setting Enumeration - Metasploit
This page contains detailed information about how to use the post/windows/gather/enum_powershell_env metasploit module. For list of all metasploit modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
Module Overview
Name: Windows Gather Powershell Environment Setting Enumeration
Module: post/windows/gather/enum_powershell_env
Source code: modules/post/windows/gather/enum_powershell_env.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2021-10-06 13:43:31 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -
This module will enumerate Microsoft Powershell settings
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_powershell_env
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_powershell_env
msf post(enum_powershell_env) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf post(enum_powershell_env) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(enum_powershell_env) > 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_powershell_env")
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_powershell_env post exploitation module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use post/windows/gather/enum_powershell_env
msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_powershell_env) > show info
Name: Windows Gather Powershell Environment Setting Enumeration
Module: post/windows/gather/enum_powershell_env
Platform: Windows
Arch:
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
Carlos Perez <[email protected]>
Compatible session types:
Meterpreter
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
SESSION yes The session to run this module on.
Description:
This module will enumerate Microsoft Powershell settings
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the windows/gather/enum_powershell_env post exploitation module:
msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_powershell_env) > show options
Module options (post/windows/gather/enum_powershell_env):
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_powershell_env post exploitation module:
msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_powershell_env) > show advanced
Module advanced options (post/windows/gather/enum_powershell_env):
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_powershell_env module can do:
msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_powershell_env) > show actions
Post actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the windows/gather/enum_powershell_env post exploitation module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_powershell_env) > 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:
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.
No PowerShell Snap-Ins are installed
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No PowerShell Snap-Ins are installed" error message:
81: registry_enumvals("HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\PowerShell\\1\\PowerShellSnapIns\\#{si}").each do |v|
82: print_status("\t\t#{v}: #{registry_getvaldata("HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\PowerShell\\1\\PowerShellSnapIns\\#{si}", v)}")
83: end
84: end
85: else
86: print_status("No PowerShell Snap-Ins are installed")
87:
88: end
89: if powershell_version =~ /2./
90: print_status("Powershell Modules:")
91: powershell_module_path = session.sys.config.getenv('PSModulePath')
Profile for <VALUE> not empty, it contains
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Profile for <VALUE> not empty, it contains" error message:
108: until ps_profile.eof?
109: tmpout << ps_profile.read
110: end
111: ps_profile.close
112: if tmpout.length == 1
113: print_status("Profile for #{u["username"]} not empty, it contains:")
114: tmpout.each do |l|
115: print_status("\t#{l.strip}")
116: end
117: end
118: end
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Related Pull Requests
- #14099 Merged Pull Request: Fix user path on newer Windows
- #8716 Merged Pull Request: Print_Status -> Print_Good (And OCD bits 'n bobs)
- #8338 Merged Pull Request: Fix msf/core and self.class msftidy warnings
- #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
- #6648 Merged Pull Request: Change metasploit class names
- #2782 Merged Pull Request: Stop abusing expand path
- #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate
- #2304 Merged Pull Request: Fix load order in posts, hopefully forever
- #1241 Merged Pull Request: Removed all $Id$ and $Revision$ occurences
- #958 Merged Pull Request: Msftidy 2
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See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- post/windows/gather/enum_ad_bitlocker
- post/windows/gather/enum_ad_computers
- post/windows/gather/enum_ad_groups
- post/windows/gather/enum_ad_managedby_groups
- post/windows/gather/enum_ad_service_principal_names
- post/windows/gather/enum_ad_to_wordlist
- post/windows/gather/enum_ad_user_comments
- post/windows/gather/enum_ad_users
- post/windows/gather/enum_applications
- post/windows/gather/enum_artifacts
- post/windows/gather/enum_av
- post/windows/gather/enum_av_excluded
- post/windows/gather/enum_chocolatey_applications
- post/windows/gather/enum_chrome
- post/windows/gather/enum_computers
- post/windows/gather/enum_db
- post/windows/gather/enum_devices
- post/windows/gather/enum_dirperms
- post/windows/gather/enum_domain
- post/windows/gather/enum_domain_group_users
- post/windows/gather/enum_domains
- post/windows/gather/enum_domain_tokens
- post/windows/gather/enum_domain_users
- post/windows/gather/enum_emet
- post/windows/gather/enum_files
- post/windows/gather/enum_hostfile
- post/windows/gather/enum_hyperv_vms
- post/windows/gather/enum_ie
- post/windows/gather/enum_logged_on_users
- post/windows/gather/enum_ms_product_keys
- post/windows/gather/enum_muicache
- post/windows/gather/enum_onedrive
- post/windows/gather/enum_patches
- post/windows/gather/enum_prefetch
- post/windows/gather/enum_proxy
- post/windows/gather/enum_putty_saved_sessions
- post/windows/gather/enum_services
- post/windows/gather/enum_shares
- post/windows/gather/enum_snmp
- post/windows/gather/enum_termserv
- post/windows/gather/enum_tokens
- post/windows/gather/enum_tomcat
- post/windows/gather/enum_trusted_locations
- post/windows/gather/enum_unattend
Authors
- Carlos Perez <carlos_perez[at]darkoperator.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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