Windows Gather Service Info Enumeration - Metasploit


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

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Module Overview

Name: Windows Gather Service Info Enumeration
Module: post/windows/gather/enum_services
Source code: modules/post/windows/gather/enum_services.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 query the system for services and display name and configuration info for each returned service. It allows you to optionally search the credentials, path, or start type for a string and only return the results that match. These query operations are cumulative and if no query strings are specified, it just returns all services. NOTE: If the script hangs, windows firewall is most likely on and you did not migrate to a safe process (explorer.exe for example).

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_services

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

msf6 > use post/windows/gather/enum_services

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

       Name: Windows Gather Service Info Enumeration
     Module: post/windows/gather/enum_services
   Platform: Windows
       Arch: 
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  Keith Faber
  Kx499

Compatible session types:
  Meterpreter

Basic options:
  Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
  CRED                      no        String to search credentials for
  PATH                      no        String to search path for
  SESSION                   yes       The session to run this module on.
  TYPE     All              yes       Service startup Option (Accepted: All, Auto, Manual, Disabled)

Description:
  This module will query the system for services and display name and 
  configuration info for each returned service. It allows you to 
  optionally search the credentials, path, or start type for a string 
  and only return the results that match. These query operations are 
  cumulative and if no query strings are specified, it just returns 
  all services. NOTE: If the script hangs, windows firewall is most 
  likely on and you did not migrate to a safe process (explorer.exe 
  for example).

Module Options

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

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

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

   Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
   CRED                      no        String to search credentials for
   PATH                      no        String to search path for
   SESSION                   yes       The session to run this module on.
   TYPE     All              yes       Service startup Option (Accepted: All, Auto, Manual, Disabled)

Advanced Options

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

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

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

   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_services module can do:

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

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 post(windows/gather/enum_services) > 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.

An error occurred enumerating service: <SRV:NAME>: <E>

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "An error occurred enumerating service: <SRV:NAME>: <E>" error message:

108:	                              START_TYPE[srv_conf[:starttype]],
109:	                              srv_conf[:path]]
110:	          end
111:	
112:	        rescue RuntimeError => e
113:	          print_error("An error occurred enumerating service: #{srv[:name]}: #{e}")
114:	        end
115:	      else
116:	        print_error("Problem enumerating service - no service name found")
117:	      end
118:	    end

Problem enumerating service - no service name found

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Problem enumerating service - no service name found" error message:

111:	
112:	        rescue RuntimeError => e
113:	          print_error("An error occurred enumerating service: #{srv[:name]}: #{e}")
114:	        end
115:	      else
116:	        print_error("Problem enumerating service - no service name found")
117:	      end
118:	    end
119:	
120:	    print_line results_table.to_s
121:

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See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

  • Keith Faber
  • Kx499

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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