---
-- The brute library is an attempt to create a common framework for performing
-- password guessing against remote services.
--
-- The library currently attempts to parallellize the guessing by starting
-- a number of working threads. The number of threads can be defined using
-- the brute.threads argument, it defaults to 10.
--
-- The library contains the following classes:
-- * Account
-- ** Implements a simple account class, that converts account "states" to common text representation.
-- ** The state can be either of the following: OPEN, LOCKED or DISABLED
-- * Engine
-- ** The actual engine doing the brute-forcing .
-- * Error
-- ** Class used to return errors back to the engine.
-- * Options
-- ** Stores any options that should be used during brute-forcing.
--
-- In order to make use of the framework a script needs to implement a Driver
-- class. The Driver class is then to be passed as a parameter to the Engine
-- constructor, which creates a new instance for each guess. The Driver class
-- SHOULD implement the following four methods:
--
--
-- Driver:login = function( self, username, password )
-- Driver:check = function( self )
-- Driver:connect = function( self )
-- Driver:disconnect = function( self )
--
--
-- The login
method does not need a lot of explanation. The login
-- function should return two parameters. If the login was successful it should
-- return true and an Account
. If the login was a failure it
-- should return false and an Error
. The driver can signal the
-- Engine to retry a set of credentials by calling the Error objects
-- setRetry
method. It may also signal the Engine to abort all
-- password guessing by calling the Error objects setAbort
method.
--
-- The following example code demonstrates how the Error object can be used.
--
--
-- -- After a number of incorrect attempts VNC blocks us, so we abort
-- if ( not(status) and x:match("Too many authentication failures") ) then
-- local err = brute.Error:new( data )
-- -- signal the engine to abort
-- err:setAbort( true )
-- return false, err
-- elseif ( not(status) ) then
-- local err = brute.Error:new( "VNC handshake failed" )
-- -- This might be temporary, signal the engine to retry
-- err:setRetry( true )
-- return false, err
-- end
-- .
-- .
-- .
-- -- Return a simple error, no retry needed
-- return false, brute.Error:new( "Incorrect password" )
--
--
-- The purpose of the check
method is to be able to determine
-- whether the script has all the information it needs, before starting the
-- brute force. It's the method where you should check, e.g., if the correct
-- database or repository URL was specified or not. On success, the
-- check
method returns true, on failure it returns false and the
-- brute force engine aborts.
--
-- The connect
method provides the framework with the ability to
-- ensure that the thread can run once it has been dispatched a set of
-- credentials. As the sockets in NSE are limited we want to limit the risk of
-- a thread blocking, due to insufficient free sockets, after it has aquired a
-- username and password pair.
--
-- The following sample code illustrates how to implement a sample
-- Driver
that sends each username and password over a socket.
--
--
-- Driver = {
-- new = function(self, host, port, options)
-- local o = {}
-- setmetatable(o, self)
-- self.__index = self
-- o.host = host
-- o.port = port
-- o.options = options
-- return o
-- end,
-- connect = function( self )
-- self.socket = nmap.new_socket()
-- return self.socket:connect( self.host, self.port )
-- end,
-- disconnect = function( self )
-- return self.socket:close()
-- end,
-- check = function( self )
-- return true
-- end,
-- login = function( self, username, password )
-- local status, err, data
-- status, err = self.socket:send( username .. ":" .. password)
-- status, data = self.socket:receive_bytes(1)
--
-- if ( data:match("SUCCESS") ) then
-- return true, brute.Account:new(username, password, "OPEN")
-- end
-- return false, brute.Error:new( "login failed" )
-- end,
-- }
--
--
-- The following sample code illustrates how to pass the Driver
-- off to the brute engine.
--
--
-- action = function(host, port)
-- local options = { key1 = val1, key2 = val2 }
-- local status, accounts = brute.Engine:new(Driver, host, port, options):start()
-- if( not(status) ) then
-- return accounts
-- end
-- return stdnse.format_output( true, accounts )
-- end
--
--
-- For a complete example of a brute implementation consult the
-- svn-brute.nse
or vnc-brute.nse
scripts
--
-- @copyright Same as Nmap--See http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html
-- @author "Patrik Karlsson "
--
--
-- @args brute.useraspass guess the username as password for each user
-- (default: true)
-- @args brute.unique make sure that each password is only guessed once
-- (default: true)
-- @args brute.firstonly stop guessing after first password is found
-- (default: false)
-- @args brute.passonly iterate over passwords only for services that provide
-- only a password for authentication. (default: false)
-- @args brute.retries the number of times to retry if recoverable failures
-- occure. (default: 3)
-- @args brute.delay the number of seconds to wait between guesses (default: 0)
-- @args brute.threads the number of initial worker threads, the number of
-- active threads will be automatically adjusted.
-- @args brute.mode can be user or pass and determines if passwords are guessed
-- against users (user) or users against passwords (pass).
-- (default: pass)
--
-- Version 0.5
-- Created 06/12/2010 - v0.1 - created by Patrik Karlsson
-- Revised 07/13/2010 - v0.2 - added connect, disconnect methods to Driver
--
-- Revised 07/21/2010 - v0.3 - documented missing argument brute.mode
-- Revised 07/23/2010 - v0.4 - fixed incorrect statistics and changed output to
-- include statistics, and to display "no accounts
-- found" message.
-- Revised 08/14/2010 - v0.5 - added some documentation and smaller changes per
-- David's request.
module(... or "brute", package.seeall)
require 'unpwdb'
-- Options that can be set through --script-args
Options = {
mode = "password",
new = function(self)
local o = {}
setmetatable(o, self)
self.__index = self
o.user_as_password = self.checkBoolArg("brute.useraspass", true)
o.check_unique = self.checkBoolArg("brute.unique", true)
o.firstonly = self.checkBoolArg("brute.firstonly", false)
o.passonly = self.checkBoolArg("brute.passonly", false)
o.max_retries = tonumber( nmap.registry.args["brute.retries"] ) or 3
o.delay = tonumber( nmap.registry.args["brute.delay"] ) or 0
return o
end,
--- Checks if a script argument is boolean true or false
--
-- @param arg string containing the name of the argument to check
-- @param default boolean containing the default value
-- @return boolean, true if argument evaluates to 1 or true, else false
checkBoolArg = function( arg, default )
local val = nmap.registry.args[arg]
if ( not(val) ) then
return default
elseif ( val == "true" or val=="1" ) then
return true
else
return false
end
end,
--- Sets the brute mode to either iterate over users or passwords
-- @see description for more information.
--
-- @param mode string containing either "user" or "password"
-- @return status true on success else false
-- @return err string containing the error message on failure
setMode = function( self, mode )
if ( mode == "password" or mode == "user" ) then
self.mode = mode
else
stdnse.print_debug("ERROR: brute.options.setMode: mode %s not supported", mode)
return false, "Unsupported mode"
end
return true
end,
--- Sets an option parameter
--
-- @param param string containing the parameter name
-- @param value string containing the parameter value
setOption = function( self, param, value )
self[param] = value
end,
}
-- The account object which is to be reported back from each driver
Account =
{
--- Creates a new instance of the Account class
--
-- @param username containing the user's name
-- @param password containing the user's password
-- @param state containing the account state and should be one of the
-- following OPEN
, LOCKED
,
-- DISABLED
.
new = function(self, username, password, state)
local o = {}
setmetatable(o, self)
self.__index = self
o.username = username
o.password = password
o.state = state
return o
end,
--- Converts an account object to a printable script
--
-- @return string representation of object
toString = function( self )
local creds
if ( #self.username > 0 ) then
creds = ("%s:%s"):format( self.username, #self.password > 0 and self.password or "" )
else
creds = ("%s"):format( self.password )
end
-- An account have the following states
--
-- OPEN - Login was successful
-- LOCKED - The account was locked
-- DISABLED - The account was disabled
if ( self.state == "OPEN" ) then
return ("%s => Login correct"):format( creds )
elseif ( self.state == "LOCKED" ) then
return ("%s => Account locked"):format( creds )
elseif ( self.state == "DISABLED" ) then
return ("%s => Account disabled"):format( creds )
else
return ("%s => Account has unknown state (%s)"):format( creds, self.state )
end
end,
}
-- The Error class, is currently only used to flag for retries
-- It also contains the error message, if one was returned from the driver.
Error =
{
retry = false,
new = function(self, msg)
local o = {}
setmetatable(o, self)
self.__index = self
o.msg = msg
o.done = false
return o
end,
--- Is the error recoverable?
isRetry = function( self )
return self.retry
end,
--- Set the error as recoverable
setRetry = function( self, r )
self.retry = r
end,
--- Set the error as abort all threads
setAbort = function( self, b )
self.abort = b
end,
--- Was the error abortable
isAbort = function( self )
return self.abort
end,
--- Get the error message reported
getMessage = function( self )
return self.msg
end,
isThreadDone = function( self )
return self.done
end,
setDone = function( self, b )
self.done = b
end,
}
-- The brute engine, doing all the nasty work
Engine =
{
STAT_INTERVAL = 20,
terminate_all = false,
--- Creates a new Engine instance
--
-- @param driver, the driver class that should be instantiated
-- @param host table as passed to the action method of the script
-- @param port table as passed to the action method of the script
-- @param options table containing any script specific options
-- @return o new Engine instance
new = function(self, driver, host, port, options)
local o = {}
setmetatable(o, self)
self.__index = self
o.driver = driver
o.driver_options = options
o.host = host
o.port = port
o.options = Options:new()
o.found_accounts = {}
o.threads = {}
o.counter = 0
o.max_threads = tonumber(nmap.registry.args["brute.threads"]) or 10
o.error = nil
o.tps = {}
return o
end,
--- Limit the number of worker threads
--
-- @param max number containing the maximum number of allowed threads
setMaxThreads = function( self, max )
self.max_threads = max
end,
--- Returns the number of non-dead threads
--
-- @return count number of non-dead threads
threadCount = function( self )
local count = 0
for thread in pairs(self.threads) do
if ( coroutine.status(thread) == "dead" ) then
self.threads[thread] = nil
else
count = count + 1
end
end
return count
end,
--- Calculates the number of threads that are actually doing any work
--
-- @return count number of threads performing activity
activeThreads = function( self )
local count = 0
for thread, v in pairs(self.threads) do
if ( v.guesses ~= nil ) then
count = count + 1
end
end
return count
end,
--- Does the actual authentication request
--
-- @return true on success, false on failure
-- @return response Account on success, Error on failure
doAuthenticate = function( self )
local driver, status, response, creds
local username, password
local retries = self.options.max_retries
local msg
repeat
driver = self.driver:new( self.host, self.port, self.driver_options )
status = driver:connect()
-- Did we succesfully connect?
if ( status ) then
if ( not(username) and not(password) ) then
username, password = self.iterator()
end
-- make sure that all threads locked in connect stat terminate quickly
if ( Engine.terminate_all ) then
driver:disconnect()
return false
end
-- We've reached the end of the iterator, signal the thread to terminate
if ( not(password) ) then
driver:disconnect()
self.threads[coroutine.running()].terminate = true
return false
end
-- The username was already tested
if ( self.found_accounts and self.found_accounts[username] ) then
driver:disconnect()
return false
end
-- Do we have a username or not?
if ( username and #username > 0 ) then
creds = ("%s/%s"):format(username, #password > 0 and password or "")
else
creds = ("%s"):format(#password > 0 and password or "")
end
-- Is this the first try?
if ( retries ~= self.options.max_retries ) then
msg = "Re-trying"
else
msg = "Trying"
end
stdnse.print_debug(2, "%s %s against %s:%d", msg, creds, self.host.ip, self.port.number )
status, response = driver:login( username, password )
driver:disconnect()
driver = nil
end
retries = retries - 1
-- End if:
-- * The guess was successfull
-- * The response was not set to retry
-- * We've reached the maximum retry attempts
until( status or ( response and not( response:isRetry() ) ) or retries == 0)
-- did we exhaust all retries, terminate and report?
if ( retries == 0 ) then
Engine.terminate_all = true
self.error = "Too many retries, aborted ..."
end
return status, response
end,
login = function(self, valid_accounts )
local username, password, creds
local status, response, driver
local interval_start, timediff = os.time(), nil
local condvar = nmap.condvar( valid_accounts )
local thread_data = self.threads[coroutine.running()]
while( true ) do
-- Should we terminate all threads?
if ( Engine.terminate_all or thread_data.terminate ) then
break
end
status, response = self:doAuthenticate()
if ( status ) then
-- Prevent locked accounts from appearing several times
if ( not(self.found_accounts) or self.found_accounts[response.username] == nil ) then
if ( response.username and #response.username > 0 ) then
stdnse.print_debug("Found valid password %s:%s on target %s", response.username, response.password, self.host.ip )
else
stdnse.print_debug("Found valid password %s on target %s", response.password, self.host.ip )
end
table.insert( valid_accounts, response:toString() )
self.found_accounts[response.username] = true
-- Check if firstonly option was set, if so abort all threads
if ( self.options.firstonly ) then
Engine.terminate_all = true
end
end
else
if ( response and response:isAbort() ) then
Engine.terminate_all = true
self.error = response:getMessage()
break
elseif( response and response:isThreadDone() ) then
break
end
end
-- Increase the amount of total guesses
self.counter = self.counter + 1
timediff = (os.time() - interval_start)
-- This thread made another guess
thread_data.guesses = ( thread_data.guesses and thread_data.guesses + 1 or 1 )
-- Dump statistics at regular intervals
if ( timediff > Engine.STAT_INTERVAL ) then
interval_start = os.time()
local tps = self.counter / ( os.time() - self.starttime )
table.insert(self.tps, tps )
stdnse.print_debug(2, "threads=%d,tps=%d", self:activeThreads(), tps )
end
-- if delay was speciefied, do sleep
if ( self.options.delay > 0 ) then
stdnse.sleep( self.options.delay )
end
end
condvar("broadcast")
end,
--- Starts the brute-force
--
-- @return status true on success, false on failure
-- @return err string containing error message on failure
start = function(self)
local status, usernames, passwords, response
local result, valid_accounts, stats = {}, {}, {}
local condvar = nmap.condvar( valid_accounts )
local sum, tps, time_diff = 0, 0, 0
-- check if the driver is ready!
status, response = self.driver:new( self.host, self.port ):check()
if( not(status) ) then
return false, response
end
status, usernames = unpwdb.usernames()
if ( not(status) ) then
return false, "Failed to load usernames"
end
-- make sure we have a valid pw file
status, passwords = unpwdb.passwords()
if ( not(status) ) then
return false, "Failed to load passwords"
end
-- Are we guessing against a service that has no username (eg. VNC)
if ( self.options.passonly ) then
local function single_user_iter(next)
local function next_user()
coroutine.yield( "" )
end
return coroutine.wrap(next_user)
end
self.iterator = Engine.usrpwd_iterator( self, single_user_iter(), passwords )
elseif ( nmap.registry.args['brute.mode'] and nmap.registry.args['brute.mode'] == 'user' ) then
self.iterator = Engine.usrpwd_iterator( self, usernames, passwords )
elseif( nmap.registry.args['brute.mode'] and nmap.registry.args['brute.mode'] == 'pass' ) then
self.iterator = Engine.pwdusr_iterator( self, usernames, passwords )
elseif ( nmap.registry.args['brute.mode'] ) then
return false, ("Unsupported mode: %s"):format(nmap.registry.args['brute.mode'])
else
self.iterator = Engine.pwdusr_iterator( self, usernames, passwords )
end
self.starttime = os.time()
-- Startup all worker threads
for i=1, self.max_threads do
local co = stdnse.new_thread( self.login, self, valid_accounts )
self.threads[co] = {}
self.threads[co].running = true
end
-- wait for all threads to finnish running
while self:threadCount()>0 do
condvar("wait")
end
-- Did we find any accounts, if so, do formatting
if ( #valid_accounts > 0 ) then
valid_accounts.name = "Accounts"
table.insert( result, valid_accounts )
else
table.insert( result, {"No valid accounts found", name="Accounts"} )
end
-- calculate the average tps
for _, v in ipairs( self.tps ) do
sum = sum + v
end
time_diff = ( os.time() - self.starttime )
if ( time_diff == 0 ) then time_diff = 1 end
if ( sum == 0 ) then
tps = self.counter / time_diff
else
tps = sum / #self.tps
end
-- Add the statistics to the result
table.insert(stats, ("Perfomed %d guesses in %d seconds, average tps: %d"):format( self.counter, time_diff, tps ) )
stats.name = "Statistics"
table.insert( result, stats )
if ( #result ) then
result = stdnse.format_output( true, result )
else
result = ""
end
-- Did any error occure? If so add this to the result.
if ( self.error ) then
result = result .. (" \n\n ERROR: %s"):format( self.error )
return false, result
end
return true, result
end,
--- Credential iterator, tries every user for each password
--
-- @param usernames iterator from unpwdb
-- @param passwords iterator from unpwdb
-- @return username string
-- @return password string
pwdusr_iterator = function(self, usernames, passwords)
local function next_password_username ()
local tested_creds = {}
-- should we check for same password as username
if ( self.options.user_as_password ) then
for username in usernames do
if ( not( tested_creds[username] ) ) then
tested_creds[username] = {}
end
tested_creds[username][username] = true
if ( not(self.found_accounts) or not(self.found_accounts[username]) ) then
coroutine.yield(username, username)
end
end
end
usernames("reset")
for password in passwords do
for username in usernames do
if ( not(tested_creds[username]) ) then
tested_creds[username] = {}
end
if ( self.options.check_unique and not(tested_creds[username][password]) ) then
tested_creds[username][password] = true
if ( not(self.found_accounts) or not(self.found_accounts[username]) ) then
coroutine.yield(username, password)
end
end
end
usernames("reset")
end
while true do coroutine.yield(nil, nil) end
end
return coroutine.wrap(next_password_username)
end,
--- Credential iterator, tries every password for each user
--
-- @param usernames iterator from unpwdb
-- @param passwords iterator from unpwdb
-- @return username string
-- @return password string
usrpwd_iterator = function(self, usernames, passwords)
local function next_username_password ()
local tested_creds = {}
for username in usernames do
-- set's up a table to track tested credentials
tested_creds[username] = {}
-- should we check for same password as username
if ( self.options.user_as_password and not(self.options.passonly) ) then
tested_creds[username][username:lower()] = true
if ( not(self.found_accounts) or not(self.found_accounts[username]) ) then
coroutine.yield(username, username:lower())
end
end
for password in passwords do
if ( self.options.check_unique and not(tested_creds[username][password]) ) then
tested_creds[username][password] = true
if ( not(self.found_accounts) or not(self.found_accounts[username]) ) then
coroutine.yield(username, password)
end
end
end
passwords("reset")
end
while true do coroutine.yield(nil, nil) end
end
return coroutine.wrap(next_username_password)
end,
}