Lab – Stapler – part 2

We did everything we could with the machine last time, why go back there? The thing is that sometimes there’s more than one solution for a single task.

This time we’ll try a different approach and see how it goes. 

Usually we don’t have all the time in the world. That’s why enumeration process has to be efficient but quick. We check for common things and it works most of the time. But let’s do another scan and check for every port out there:

root@kali:~# nmap -sV -sC -O -A -p- 192.168.89.151
Starting Nmap 7.70 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2019-05-14 08:02 EDT
Nmap scan report for 192.168.89.151
Host is up (0.00056s latency).
Not shown: 65523 filtered ports
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
20/tcp closed ftp-data
21/tcp open ftp vsftpd 2.0.8 or later
| ftp-anon: Anonymous FTP login allowed (FTP code 230)
|_Can't get directory listing: PASV failed: 550 Permission denied.
| ftp-syst:
| STAT:
| FTP server status:
| Connected to 192.168.89.150
| Logged in as ftp
| TYPE: ASCII
| No session bandwidth limit
| Session timeout in seconds is 300
| Control connection is plain text
| Data connections will be plain text
| At session startup, client count was 4
| vsFTPd 3.0.3 - secure, fast, stable
|_End of status
22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 7.2p2 Ubuntu 4ubuntu2.8 (Ubuntu Linux; protocol 2.0)
| ssh-hostkey:
| 2048 81:21:ce:a1:1a:05:b1:69:4f:4d:ed:80:28:e8:99:05 (RSA)
| 256 5b:a5:bb:67:91:1a:51:c2:d3:21:da:c0:ca:f0:db:9e (ECDSA)
|_ 256 6d:01:b7:73:ac:b0:93:6f:fa:b9:89:e6:ae:3c:ab:d3 (ED25519)
53/tcp open domain dnsmasq 2.75
| dns-nsid:
|_ bind.version: dnsmasq-2.75
80/tcp open http PHP cli server 5.5 or later
|_http-title: 404 Not Found
123/tcp closed ntp
137/tcp closed netbios-ns
138/tcp closed netbios-dgm
139/tcp open netbios-ssn Samba smbd 4.3.11-Ubuntu (workgroup: WORKGROUP)
666/tcp open doom?
| fingerprint-strings:
| NULL:
| message2.jpgUT
| QWux
| "DL[E
| #;3[
| \xf6
| u([r
| qYQq
| Y_?n2
| 3&M~{
| 9-a)T
| L}AJ
|_ .npy.9
3306/tcp open mysql MySQL 5.7.26-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
| mysql-info:
| Protocol: 10
| Version: 5.7.26-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
| Thread ID: 9
| Capabilities flags: 63487
| Some Capabilities: LongColumnFlag, LongPassword, ConnectWithDatabase, ODBCClient, InteractiveClient, DontAllowDatabaseTableColumn, Support41Auth, SupportsCompression, Speaks41ProtocolOld, SupportsTransactions, FoundRows, IgnoreSigpipes, Speaks41ProtocolNew, IgnoreSpaceBeforeParenthesis, SupportsLoadDataLocal, SupportsMultipleStatments, SupportsAuthPlugins, SupportsMultipleResults
| Status: Autocommit
| Salt: W\x0E\x1E%\x7F:e(J; p^<%N\x11\x0F\x01\x1E
|_ Auth Plugin Name: 96
12380/tcp open http Apache httpd 2.4.18 ((Ubuntu))
|_http-server-header: Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu)
|_http-title: Tim, we need to-do better next year for Initech
1 service unrecognized despite returning data. If you know the service/version, please submit the following fingerprint at https://nmap.org/cgi-bin/submit.cgi?new-service :
SF-Port666-TCP:V=7.70%I=7%D=5/14%Time=5CDAAEDD%P=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu%r(NUL
SF:L,2D58,"PK\x03\x04\x14\0\x02\0\x08\0d\x80\xc3Hp\xdf\x15\x81\xaa,\0\0\x1
SF:52\0\0\x0c\0\x1c\0message2\.jpgUT\t\0\x03\+\x9cQWJ\x9cQWux\x0b\0\x01\x0
SF:4\xf5\x01\0\0\x04\x14\0\0\0\xadz\x0bT\x13\xe7\xbe\xefP\x94\x88\x88A@\xa
SF:2\x20\x19\xabUT\xc4T\x11\xa9\x102>\x8a\xd4RDK\x15\x85Jj\xa9\"DL\[E\xa2\
SF:x0c\x19\x140<\xc4\xb4\xb5\xca\xaen\x89\x8a\x8aV\x11\x91W\xc5H\x20\x0f\x
SF:b2\xf7\xb6\x88\n\x82@%\x99d\xb7\xc8#;3\[\r_\xcddr\x87\xbd\xcf9\xf7\xaeu
SF:\xeeY\xeb\xdc\xb3oX\xacY\xf92\xf3e\xfe\xdf\xff\xff\xff=2\x9f\xf3\x99\xd
SF:3\x08y}\xb8a\xe3\x06\xc8\xc5\x05\x82>`\xfe\x20\xa7\x05:\xb4y\xaf\xf8\xa
SF:0\xf8\xc0\^\xf1\x97sC\x97\xbd\x0b\xbd\xb7nc\xdc\xa4I\xd0\xc4\+j\xce\[\x
SF:87\xa0\xe5\x1b\xf7\xcc=,\xce\x9a\xbb\xeb\xeb\xdds\xbf\xde\xbd\xeb\x8b\x
SF:f4\xfdis\x0f\xeeM\?\xb0\xf4\x1f\xa3\xcceY\xfb\xbe\x98\x9b\xb6\xfb\xe0\x
SF:dc\]sS\xc5bQ\xfa\xee\xb7\xe7\xbc\x05AoA\x93\xfe9\xd3\x82\x7f\xcc\xe4\xd
SF:5\x1dx\xa2O\x0e\xdd\x994\x9c\xe7\xfe\x871\xb0N\xea\x1c\x80\xd63w\xf1\xa
SF:f\xbd&&q\xf9\x97'i\x85fL\x81\xe2\\\xf6\xb9\xba\xcc\x80\xde\x9a\xe1\xe2:
SF:\xc3\xc5\xa9\x85`\x08r\x99\xfc\xcf\x13\xa0\x7f{\xb9\xbc\xe5:i\xb2\x1bk\
SF:x8a\xfbT\x0f\xe6\x84\x06/\xe8-\x17W\xd7\xb7&\xb9N\x9e<\xb1\\\.\xb9\xcc\
SF:xe7\xd0\xa4\x19\x93\xbd\xdf\^\xbe\xd6\xcdg\xcb\.\xd6\xbc\xaf\|W\x1c\xfd
SF:\xf6\xe2\x94\xf9\xebj\xdbf~\xfc\x98x'\xf4\xf3\xaf\x8f\xb9O\xf5\xe3\xcc\
SF:x9a\xed\xbf`a\xd0\xa2\xc5KV\x86\xad\n\x7fou\xc4\xfa\xf7\xa37\xc4\|\xb0\
SF:xf1\xc3\x84O\xb6nK\xdc\xbe#\)\xf5\x8b\xdd{\xd2\xf6\xa6g\x1c8\x98u\(\[r\
SF:xf8H~A\xe1qYQq\xc9w\xa7\xbe\?}\xa6\xfc\x0f\?\x9c\xbdTy\xf9\xca\xd5\xaak
SF:\xd7\x7f\xbcSW\xdf\xd0\xd8\xf4\xd3\xddf\xb5F\xabk\xd7\xff\xe9\xcf\x7fy\
SF:xd2\xd5\xfd\xb4\xa7\xf7Y_\?n2\xff\xf5\xd7\xdf\x86\^\x0c\x8f\x90\x7f\x7f
SF:\xf9\xea\xb5m\x1c\xfc\xfef\"\.\x17\xc8\xf5\?B\xff\xbf\xc6\xc5,\x82\xcb\
SF:[\x93&\xb9NbM\xc4\xe5\xf2V\xf6\xc4\t3&M~{\xb9\x9b\xf7\xda-\xac\]_\xf9\x
SF:cc\[qt\x8a\xef\xbao/\xd6\xb6\xb9\xcf\x0f\xfd\x98\x98\xf9\xf9\xd7\x8f\xa
SF:7\xfa\xbd\xb3\x12_@N\x84\xf6\x8f\xc8\xfe{\x81\x1d\xfb\x1fE\xf6\x1f\x81\
SF:xfd\xef\xb8\xfa\xa1i\xae\.L\xf2\\g@\x08D\xbb\xbfp\xb5\xd4\xf4Ym\x0bI\x9
SF:6\x1e\xcb\x879-a\)T\x02\xc8\$\x14k\x08\xae\xfcZ\x90\xe6E\xcb<C\xcap\x8f
SF:\xd0\x8f\x9fu\x01\x8dvT\xf0'\x9b\xe4ST%\x9f5\x95\xab\rSWb\xecN\xfb&\xf4
SF:\xed\xe3v\x13O\xb73A#\xf0,\xd5\xc2\^\xe8\xfc\xc0\xa7\xaf\xab4\xcfC\xcd\
SF:x88\x8e}\xac\x15\xf6~\xc4R\x8e`wT\x96\xa8KT\x1cam\xdb\x99f\xfb\n\xbc\xb
SF:cL}AJ\xe5H\x912\x88\(O\0k\xc9\xa9\x1a\x93\xb8\x84\x8fdN\xbf\x17\xf5\xf0
SF:\.npy\.9\x04\xcf\x14\x1d\x89Rr9\xe4\xd2\xae\x91#\xfbOg\xed\xf6\x15\x04\
SF:xf6~\xf1\]V\xdcBGu\xeb\xaa=\x8e\xef\xa4HU\x1e\x8f\x9f\x9bI\xf4\xb6GTQ\x
SF:f3\xe9\xe5\x8e\x0b\x14L\xb2\xda\x92\x12\xf3\x95\xa2\x1c\xb3\x13\*P\x11\
SF:?\xfb\xf3\xda\xcaDfv\x89`\xa9\xe4k\xc4S\x0e\xd6P0");
MAC Address: 00:0C:29:87:E1:F6 (VMware)
Device type: general purpose
Running: Linux 3.X|4.X
OS CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3 cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:4
OS details: Linux 3.2 - 4.9
Network Distance: 1 hop
Service Info: Host: RED; OS: Linux; CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel

Host script results:
|_clock-skew: mean: 2h39m22s, deviation: 34m37s, median: 2h59m21s
|_nbstat: NetBIOS name: RED, NetBIOS user: <unknown>, NetBIOS MAC: <unknown> (unknown)
| smb-os-discovery:
| OS: Windows 6.1 (Samba 4.3.11-Ubuntu)
| Computer name: red
| NetBIOS computer name: RED\x00
| Domain name: \x00
| FQDN: red
|_ System time: 2019-05-14T16:04:22+01:00
| smb-security-mode:
| account_used: guest
| authentication_level: user
| challenge_response: supported
|_ message_signing: disabled (dangerous, but default)
| smb2-security-mode:
| 2.02:
|_ Message signing enabled but not required
| smb2-time:
| date: 2019-05-14 11:04:22
|_ start_date: N/A

TRACEROUTE
HOP RTT ADDRESS
1 0.56 ms 192.168.89.151

OS and Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at https://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 191.58 seconds

Bingo, we have Apache web server on non-standard 12380 port that we’ve missed last time. Let’s browse there:

stapler_2

There’s nothing here unfortunately. But it’s a working web site and we have to investigate it with a simple web scanner:

root@kali:~# nikto -host 192.168.89.151 -port 12380
- Nikto v2.1.6
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Target IP: 192.168.89.151
+ Target Hostname: 192.168.89.151
+ Target Port: 12380
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ SSL Info: Subject: /C=UK/ST=Somewhere in the middle of nowhere/L=Really, what are you meant to put here?/O=Initech/OU=Pam: I give up. no idea what to put here./CN=Red.Initech/emailAddress=pam@red.localhost
Ciphers: ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
Issuer: /C=UK/ST=Somewhere in the middle of nowhere/L=Really, what are you meant to put here?/O=Initech/OU=Pam: I give up. no idea what to put here./CN=Red.Initech/emailAddress=pam@red.localhost
+ Start Time: 2019-05-14 08:15:55 (GMT-4)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Server: Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu)
+ Server leaks inodes via ETags, header found with file /, fields: 0x15 0x5347c53a972d1
+ The anti-clickjacking X-Frame-Options header is not present.
+ The X-XSS-Protection header is not defined. This header can hint to the user agent to protect against some forms of XSS
+ Uncommon header 'dave' found, with contents: Soemthing doesn't look right here
+ The site uses SSL and the Strict-Transport-Security HTTP header is not defined.
+ The X-Content-Type-Options header is not set. This could allow the user agent to render the content of the site in a different fashion to the MIME type
+ No CGI Directories found (use '-C all' to force check all possible dirs)
+ Entry '/admin112233/' in robots.txt returned a non-forbidden or redirect HTTP code (200)
+ Entry '/blogblog/' in robots.txt returned a non-forbidden or redirect HTTP code (200)
+ "robots.txt" contains 2 entries which should be manually viewed.
+ Hostname '192.168.89.151' does not match certificate's names: Red.Initech
+ Allowed HTTP Methods: POST, OPTIONS, GET, HEAD
+ Uncommon header 'x-ob_mode' found, with contents: 1
+ OSVDB-3233: /icons/README: Apache default file found.
+ /phpmyadmin/: phpMyAdmin directory found
+ 7691 requests: 0 error(s) and 14 item(s) reported on remote host
+ End Time: 2019-05-14 08:23:02 (GMT-4) (427 seconds)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 1 host(s) tested

Interesting thing here is that this web site uses HTTPS, but it isn’t configured properly. Plus there are two folders in robots.txt that are not meant to be indexed. admin112233 is a deadend, but blogblog is an actual web page powered by WordPress.

stapler_5

WordPress has a strict and well documented directory structure. So as someone with root privileges from the previous blog post we could see what’s there.

root@red:/# cd var/www/https/blogblog/
root@red:/var/www/https/blogblog# cat wp-config.php

WordPress uses mysql as a back-end database, and we can get mysql admin in plain text here:

// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');

/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'root');

/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'plbkac');

/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8mb4');

wp-config.php is usually well protected and if our attempt with an exploit failed back then we should invent something right now. Thankfully we have a wpscan tool to find that this implementation of WordPress is full of vulnerable plugins with known and available exploits.

But anyway we have an access for now, so let’s connect to mysql:

root@red:/var/www/https/blogblog# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 51
Server version: 5.7.26-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 (Ubuntu)

Copyright (c) 2000, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

Let’s search for a database and users:

mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| loot |
| mysql |
| performance_schema |
| phpmyadmin |
| proof |
| sys |
| wordpress |
+--------------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> use wordpress;
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

Database changed
mysql> show tables;
+-----------------------+
| Tables_in_wordpress |
+-----------------------+
| wp_commentmeta |
| wp_comments |
| wp_links |
| wp_options |
| wp_postmeta |
| wp_posts |
| wp_term_relationships |
| wp_term_taxonomy |
| wp_terms |
| wp_usermeta |
| wp_users |
+-----------------------+
11 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Let’s go further, here’s the relevant part:

mysql> select * from wp_users;
+----+------------+------------------------------------+
| ID | user_login | user_pass |
+----+------------+------------------------------------+
| 1 | John | $P$B7889EMq/erHIuZapMB8GEizebcIy9. |
| 2 | Elly | $P$BlumbJRRBit7y50Y17.UPJ/xEgv4my0 |
| 3 | Peter | $P$BTzoYuAFiBA5ixX2njL0XcLzu67sGD0 |
| 4 | barry | $P$BIp1ND3G70AnRAkRY41vpVypsTfZhk0 |
| 5 | heather | $P$Bwd0VpK8hX4aN.rZ14WDdhEIGeJgf10 |
| 6 | garry | $P$BzjfKAHd6N4cHKiugLX.4aLes8PxnZ1 |
| 7 | harry | $P$BqV.SQ6OtKhVV7k7h1wqESkMh41buR0 |
| 8 | scott | $P$BFmSPiDX1fChKRsytp1yp8Jo7RdHeI1 |
| 9 | kathy | $P$BZlxAMnC6ON.PYaurLGrhfBi6TjtcA0 |
| 10 | tim | $P$BXDR7dLIJczwfuExJdpQqRsNf.9ueN0 |
| 11 | ZOE | $P$B.gMMKRP11QOdT5m1s9mstAUEDjagu1 |
| 12 | Dave | $P$Bl7/V9Lqvu37jJT.6t4KWmY.v907Hy. |
| 13 | Simon | $P$BLxdiNNRP008kOQ.jE44CjSK/7tEcz0 |
| 14 | Abby | $P$ByZg5mTBpKiLZ5KxhhRe/uqR.48ofs. |
| 15 | Vicki | $P$B85lqQ1Wwl2SqcPOuKDvxaSwodTY131 |
| 16 | Pam | $P$BuLagypsIJdEuzMkf20XyS5bRm00dQ0 |
+----+------------+------------------------------------+
16 rows in set (0.00 sec)

These are password hashes for all the users on this box. It might take some time to crack them with hydra, hashcat or something else.

That’s it for now.

 

 

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