Windows Manage Run Command As User - Metasploit


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

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Module Overview

Name: Windows Manage Run Command As User
Module: post/windows/manage/run_as
Source code: modules/post/windows/manage/run_as.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 login with the specified username/password and execute the supplied command as a hidden process. Output is not returned by default, by setting CMDOUT to true output will be redirected to a temp file and read back in to display. By setting advanced option SETPASS to true, it will reset the users password and then execute the command.

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/run_as

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/run_as
msf post(run_as) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf post(run_as) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(run_as) > 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/run_as")
  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 to login with

  • USER: Username to login with

  • PASSWORD: Password to login with

  • CMD: Command to execute

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Msfconsole Usage

Here is how the windows/manage/run_as post exploitation module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use post/windows/manage/run_as

msf6 post(windows/manage/run_as) > show info

       Name: Windows Manage Run Command As User
     Module: post/windows/manage/run_as
   Platform: Windows
       Arch: 
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  Kx499

Compatible session types:
  Meterpreter

Basic options:
  Name      Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----      ---------------  --------  -----------
  CMD                        yes       Command to execute
  CMDOUT    false            yes       Retrieve command output
  DOMAIN                     yes       Domain to login with
  PASSWORD                   yes       Password to login with
  SESSION                    yes       The session to run this module on.
  USER                       yes       Username to login with

Description:
  This module will login with the specified username/password and 
  execute the supplied command as a hidden process. Output is not 
  returned by default, by setting CMDOUT to true output will be 
  redirected to a temp file and read back in to display. By setting 
  advanced option SETPASS to true, it will reset the users password 
  and then execute the command.

Module Options

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

msf6 post(windows/manage/run_as) > show options

Module options (post/windows/manage/run_as):

   Name      Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----      ---------------  --------  -----------
   CMD                        yes       Command to execute
   CMDOUT    false            yes       Retrieve command output
   DOMAIN                     yes       Domain to login with
   PASSWORD                   yes       Password to login with
   SESSION                    yes       The session to run this module on.
   USER                       yes       Username to login with

Advanced Options

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

msf6 post(windows/manage/run_as) > show advanced

Module advanced options (post/windows/manage/run_as):

   Name                                    Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                                    ---------------  --------  -----------
   EXE::Custom                                              no        Use custom exe instead of automatically generating a payload exe
   EXE::EICAR                              false            no        Generate an EICAR file instead of regular payload exe
   EXE::FallBack                           false            no        Use the default template in case the specified one is missing
   EXE::Inject                             false            no        Set to preserve the original EXE function
   EXE::OldMethod                          false            no        Set to use the substitution EXE generation method.
   EXE::Path                                                no        The directory in which to look for the executable template
   EXE::Template                                            no        The executable template file name.
   MSI::Custom                                              no        Use custom msi instead of automatically generating a payload msi
   MSI::EICAR                              false            no        Generate an EICAR file instead of regular payload msi
   MSI::Path                                                no        The directory in which to look for the msi template
   MSI::Template                                            no        The msi template file name
   MSI::UAC                                false            no        Create an MSI with a UAC prompt (elevation to SYSTEM if accepted)
   Powershell::encode_final_payload        false            yes       Encode final payload for -EncodedCommand
   Powershell::encode_inner_payload        false            yes       Encode inner payload for -EncodedCommand
   Powershell::exec_in_place               false            yes       Produce PSH without executable wrapper
   Powershell::exec_rc4                    false            yes       Encrypt PSH with RC4
   Powershell::method                      reflection       yes       Payload delivery method (Accepted: net, reflection, old, msil)
   Powershell::no_equals                   false            yes       Pad base64 until no "=" remains
   Powershell::noninteractive              true             yes       Execute powershell without interaction
   Powershell::persist                     false            yes       Run the payload in a loop
   Powershell::prepend_protections_bypass  true             yes       Prepend AMSI/SBL bypass
   Powershell::prepend_sleep                                no        Prepend seconds of sleep
   Powershell::remove_comspec              false            yes       Produce script calling powershell directly
   Powershell::strip_comments              true             yes       Strip comments
   Powershell::strip_whitespace            false            yes       Strip whitespace
   Powershell::sub_funcs                   false            yes       Substitute function names
   Powershell::sub_vars                    true             yes       Substitute variable names
   Powershell::wrap_double_quotes          true             yes       Wraps the -Command argument in single quotes
   SETPASS                                 false            yes       Reset password
   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/run_as module can do:

msf6 post(windows/manage/run_as) > show actions

Post actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 post(windows/manage/run_as) > 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.

Error resetting password

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Error resetting password" error message:

85:	    cmd = datastore["CMD"] || nil
86:	    domain = datastore['DOMAIN']
87:	
88:	    if setpass
89:	      print_status("Setting user password")
90:	      fail_with(Failure::Unknown, 'Error resetting password') unless reset_pass(user, password)
91:	    end
92:	
93:	    # If command output is requested, then create output file and set open permissions
94:	    if cmdout
95:	      system_temp = get_env('WINDIR') << '\\Temp'

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See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

  • Kx499

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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