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ms08-067 exploitation to hack Windows XP

Hello aspiring ethical hackers. In this article, we will see how to exploit ms08-067 vulnerability to hack Windows XP. As our readers may already know by now, ms08-067 is a vulnerability in Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. It is a critical vulnerability that allows remote code execution on the target Windows system by sending a specially crafted RPC request to it.

This vulnerability doesn’t require any authentication or even user interaction on the target side. That’s the reason why it is ubiquitous in any ethical hacking course. We have exploited this vulnerability recently in our February 2021 Issue. But that was done using without Metasploit.

In this article, we will do this with Metasploit. For this, we have chosen our target as Windows XP SP2 and our Attacker system as Kali Linux. Most of the Antivirus ended their support to Windows XP SP2 (Windows XP SP3 is the minimum supported version. Even Real world systems running Windows XP SP2 are running without Anti Virus.)

So Nmap scan revealed a Windows target as shown below.

Start Metasploit and load the ms08_067 module.

Set all the required options and use check command to see if the target is indeed vulnerable.

The target is indeed vulnerable. Now, execute the module as shown below.

ms08-067

As readers can see, we successfully got a meterpreter session with SYSTEM privileges.

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Linux Configuration Enumeration POST Exploit

Hello aspiring hackers. Today we will learn about Linux Configuration Enumeration POST Exploit. After getting a successful meterpreter session on the target Linux system (as shown here), the next logical step is to perform some enumeration on the target Linux machine. Metasploit has many POST exploits corresponding to Linux enumeration.

The first module we will see is Linux configuration enumeration. The enum_configs module is used to collect information from the configuration files found of applications commonly installed in the system. These applications may include Apache, Nginx, Snort, MySQL, Samba, Sendmail, sysctl, cups, lampp and SNMP etc. This POST module searches for a config file in the application’s default path and if the application exists on the target system, the module will download the files and store it.

If the application doesn’t exist or the config file is moved from its default location, this module will display the “file not found” message. (Just like any POST exploit or as shown in the shell_to_meterpreter exploit, we need to background the current session and load the POST module as shown above. Then set the session id and run the exploit). Here is the enum configs module in action as shown below.

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Hack Remote PC with Git Submodule

Hello aspiring hackers. In this howto, we will learn how to hack remote PC with Git Submodule. If you are a developer, cyber security enthusiast or at least a computer user, you should have definitely used (or heard about) Github. Git is an open source version control system developed by none other than the awesome Linus Trovalds (yes the same guy who created Linux).

It is a system designed to keep in touch with constant changes made to the code of software by developers. GitHub is a popular hub where developers store their projects and network with like minded people. Github stores information in a data structure called a repository. The particular module exploits a vulnerability in Git submodule.

Git submodules allow users to attach an external repository inside another repository at a specific path. This vulnerability in the Git submodule can be exploited by an attacker who can change the URL of a sub- module in a repository. This URL in the submodule can be changed to point towards a malicious link.

This module is a local exploit and works on Git versions 2.7.5 and lower. Now let us see how this module works. Start Metasploit and load the exploit as shown below. Type command “show options” to see all the options we need for this module to run.

First, we need to configure the malicious Git server. Set the options : LHOST, git_uri and Iport options as shown below. The git_uri option sets the malicious git submodule. Use command “run” to start our Git server. As the user git clones from our URL, we will get a command session on the target.

Now we need to send this malicious Git url to our intended victims. Probably it should be set as a software to convince the users to clone into their machine. Here we are testing this on KaIi Linux 2016 machine which has the vulnerable version of Git installed. We need to instruct the user to update the submodule just cloned. Let us see what happens on the victim machine.

As this happens in our victim system, we will already get a command shell on our attacker system as shown below.

We can see the active sessions using the command “sessions”.

That is how we hack remote pc with Git Submodule.

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HTA web server exploit for hacking Windows

Hello aspiring hackers. There’s been a loooong (forgive the grammatical error) gap in updating the blog. Well, blame it on 70% hectic schedule and 30% procrastination. But today we will learn how to use HTA web server exploit for hacking windows.

First things first. What is HTA web server? HTA stands for HTML application. So this server hosts a HTA file, which when opened will execute a payload via powershell. Ofcourse, the browser warns the user before executing the payload.

Now let’s see how this works. We will use this exploit to hack Windows 10. Start Metasploit and load the module as shown below.

Set the reverse meterpreter payload as it is a local exploit.

Type command “show options” to see the options we need to set for this exploit. Set the required options and type command “run” to start the exploit.

Image explaining about usage of hta web server exploit

As you can see, it has generated an url. We need to make the victim click on this particular url for our exploit to work. We have already seen in our previous howto’s, how to make that happen. When the victim clicks on the url we sent him as shown below

the browser prompts a warning about the payload as shown below.

When the user ignores the user and clicks on “run”, a meterpreter session is opened as shown below.

This session can be viewed and opened as shown below.

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Arcanus Framework : Hacking Linux OS Part 1

Hello aspiring hackers, till now we have only seen hacking windows operating systems with customized payload generators. Today we will see hacking Linux OS with Arcanus framework.

Although not as great as Windows, people using Linux OS are growing day by day. In my opinion, Linux OS is a bit easy to hack with payload generators as there is a general myth that Linux is immune to malware. Some of my friends use Linux as dual boot to keep themselves safe from virus.

Ok, now let us see how to hack Linux OS with Arcanus Framework. Start and select the option 3 since we are generating a Linux payload. If you are new to Arcanus Framework, go here.

Hit Enter. Enter your IP address (Kali Linux in this case) and the listening port as shown below.

Hit Enter. It will generate the payload in the same directory start to automatically listen for a reverse shell as shown below.

Send the generated payload to our victim. When he runs it, we should get a shell on his system as shown below.

Image explaining about usage of Arcanus framework