Windows Manage Hosts File Injection - Metasploit
This page contains detailed information about how to use the post/windows/manage/inject_host metasploit module. For list of all metasploit modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
Module Overview
Name: Windows Manage Hosts File Injection
Module: post/windows/manage/inject_host
Source code: modules/post/windows/manage/inject_host.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 allows the attacker to insert a new entry into the target system's hosts file.
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/manage/inject_host
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/manage/inject_host
msf post(inject_host) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf post(inject_host) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(inject_host) > 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/manage/inject_host")
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.
DOMAIN: Domain name for host file manipulation.
IP: IP address to point domain name to.
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the windows/manage/inject_host post exploitation module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use post/windows/manage/inject_host
msf6 post(windows/manage/inject_host) > show info
Name: Windows Manage Hosts File Injection
Module: post/windows/manage/inject_host
Platform: Windows
Arch:
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
vt <[email protected]>
Compatible session types:
Meterpreter
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
DOMAIN yes Domain name for host file manipulation.
IP yes IP address to point domain name to.
SESSION yes The session to run this module on.
Description:
This module allows the attacker to insert a new entry into the
target system's hosts file.
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the windows/manage/inject_host post exploitation module:
msf6 post(windows/manage/inject_host) > show options
Module options (post/windows/manage/inject_host):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
DOMAIN yes Domain name for host file manipulation.
IP yes IP address to point domain name to.
SESSION yes The session to run this module on.
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the windows/manage/inject_host post exploitation module:
msf6 post(windows/manage/inject_host) > show advanced
Module advanced options (post/windows/manage/inject_host):
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/manage/inject_host module can do:
msf6 post(windows/manage/inject_host) > show actions
Post actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the windows/manage/inject_host post exploitation module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 post(windows/manage/inject_host) > 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.
Please specify both DOMAIN and IP
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Please specify both DOMAIN and IP" error message:
29: )
30: end
31:
32: def run
33: if datastore['IP'].nil? or datastore['DOMAIN'].nil?
34: print_error("Please specify both DOMAIN and IP")
35: return
36: end
37:
38: ip = datastore['IP']
39: hostname = datastore['DOMAIN']
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Related Pull Requests
- #10165 Merged Pull Request: Fix missing RequestError in a few post modules
- #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
- #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate
- #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/manage/add_user
- post/windows/manage/archmigrate
- post/windows/manage/change_password
- post/windows/manage/clone_proxy_settings
- post/windows/manage/delete_user
- post/windows/manage/dell_memory_protect
- post/windows/manage/download_exec
- post/windows/manage/driver_loader
- post/windows/manage/enable_rdp
- post/windows/manage/enable_support_account
- post/windows/manage/exec_powershell
- post/windows/manage/execute_dotnet_assembly
- post/windows/manage/forward_pageant
- post/windows/manage/hashcarve
- post/windows/manage/ie_proxypac
- post/windows/manage/inject_ca
- post/windows/manage/install_python
- post/windows/manage/install_ssh
- post/windows/manage/killav
- post/windows/manage/migrate
- post/windows/manage/mssql_local_auth_bypass
- post/windows/manage/multi_meterpreter_inject
- post/windows/manage/nbd_server
- post/windows/manage/peinjector
- post/windows/manage/persistence_exe
- post/windows/manage/portproxy
- post/windows/manage/pptp_tunnel
- post/windows/manage/priv_migrate
- post/windows/manage/pxeexploit
- post/windows/manage/reflective_dll_inject
- post/windows/manage/remove_ca
- post/windows/manage/remove_host
- post/windows/manage/rid_hijack
- post/windows/manage/rollback_defender_signatures
- post/windows/manage/rpcapd_start
- post/windows/manage/run_as
- post/windows/manage/run_as_psh
- post/windows/manage/sdel
- post/windows/manage/shellcode_inject
- post/windows/manage/sshkey_persistence
- post/windows/manage/sticky_keys
- post/windows/manage/vmdk_mount
- post/windows/manage/vss
- post/windows/manage/vss_create
- post/windows/manage/vss_list
- post/windows/manage/vss_mount
- post/windows/manage/vss_set_storage
- post/windows/manage/vss_storage
- post/windows/manage/wdigest_caching
- post/windows/manage/webcam
Authors
- vt <nick.freeman[at]security-assessment.com>
Version
This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.24-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
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