Windows Gather Local User Account SID Lookup - Metasploit


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

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Module Overview

Name: Windows Gather Local User Account SID Lookup
Module: post/windows/gather/resolve_sid
Source code: modules/post/windows/gather/resolve_sid.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 prints information about a given SID from the perspective of this session

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/resolve_sid

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/resolve_sid
msf post(resolve_sid) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf post(resolve_sid) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(resolve_sid) > 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/resolve_sid")
  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.

  • SID: SID to lookup

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Msfconsole Usage

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

msf6 > use post/windows/gather/resolve_sid

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

       Name: Windows Gather Local User Account SID Lookup
     Module: post/windows/gather/resolve_sid
   Platform: Windows
       Arch: 
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  chao-mu

Compatible session types:
  Meterpreter

Basic options:
  Name         Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----         ---------------  --------  -----------
  SESSION                       yes       The session to run this module on.
  SID                           yes       SID to lookup
  SYSTEM_NAME                   no        Where to search. If undefined, first local then trusted DCs

Description:
  This module prints information about a given SID from the 
  perspective of this session

Module Options

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

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

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

   Name         Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----         ---------------  --------  -----------
   SESSION                       yes       The session to run this module on.
   SID                           yes       SID to lookup
   SYSTEM_NAME                   no        Where to search. If undefined, first local then trusted DCs

Advanced Options

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

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

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

   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/resolve_sid module can do:

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

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 post(windows/gather/resolve_sid) > 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.

Unable to resolve SID. Giving up.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Unable to resolve SID. Giving up." error message:

28:	    target_system = datastore['SYSTEM_NAME']
29:	
30:	    info = resolve_sid(sid, target_system ? target_system : nil)
31:	
32:	    if info.nil?
33:	      print_error 'Unable to resolve SID. Giving up.'
34:	      return
35:	    end
36:	
37:	    sid_type = info[:type]
38:

Invalid SID provided

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Invalid SID provided" error message:

35:	    end
36:	
37:	    sid_type = info[:type]
38:	
39:	    if sid_type == :invalid
40:	      print_error 'Invalid SID provided'
41:	      return
42:	    end
43:	
44:	    unless info[:mapped]
45:	      print_error 'No account found for the given SID'

No account found for the given SID

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No account found for the given SID" error message:

40:	      print_error 'Invalid SID provided'
41:	      return
42:	    end
43:	
44:	    unless info[:mapped]
45:	      print_error 'No account found for the given SID'
46:	      return
47:	    end
48:	
49:	    print_status "SID Type: #{sid_type.to_s}"
50:	    print_status "Name:     #{info[:name]}"

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See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

  • chao-mu

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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