Scanner FTP Auxiliary Modules

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anonymous

a11y.text anonymous

The ftp/anonymous scanner will scan a range of IP addresses searching for FTP servers that allow anonymous access and determines where read or write permissions are allowed.

msf > use auxiliary/scanner/ftp/anonymous
msf auxiliary(anonymous) > show options

Module options:

   Name     Current Setting      Required  Description
   ----     ---------------      --------  -----------
   FTPPASS  mozilla@example.com  no        The password for the specified username
   FTPUSER  anonymous            no        The username to authenticate as
   RHOSTS                        yes       The target address range or CIDR identifier
   RPORT    21                   yes       The target port
   THREADS  1                    yes       The number of concurrent threads

Configuring the module is a simple matter of setting the IP range we wish to scan along with the number of concurrent threads and let it run.

msf auxiliary(anonymous) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.200-254
RHOSTS => 192.168.1.200-254
msf auxiliary(anonymous) > set THREADS 55
THREADS => 55
msf auxiliary(anonymous) > run

[*] 192.168.1.222:21 Anonymous READ (220 mailman FTP server (Version wu-2.6.2-5) ready.)
[*] 192.168.1.205:21 Anonymous READ (220 oracle2 Microsoft FTP Service (Version 5.0).)
[*] 192.168.1.215:21 Anonymous READ (220 (vsFTPd 1.1.3))
[*] 192.168.1.203:21 Anonymous READ/WRITE (220 Microsoft FTP Service)
[*] 192.168.1.227:21 Anonymous READ (220 srv2 Microsoft FTP Service (Version 5.0).)
[*] 192.168.1.204:21 Anonymous READ/WRITE (220 Microsoft FTP Service)
[*] Scanned 27 of 55 hosts (049% complete)
[*] Scanned 51 of 55 hosts (092% complete)
[*] Scanned 52 of 55 hosts (094% complete)
[*] Scanned 53 of 55 hosts (096% complete)
[*] Scanned 54 of 55 hosts (098% complete)
[*] Scanned 55 of 55 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
msf auxiliary(anonymous) >

ftp_login

a11y.text ftp_login

The ftp_login auxiliary module will scan a range of IP addresses attempting to log in to FTP servers.

msf > use auxiliary/scanner/ftp/ftp_login
msf auxiliary(ftp_login) > show options

Module options (auxiliary/scanner/ftp/ftp_login):

   Name              Current Setting                     Required  Description
   ----              ---------------                     --------  -----------
   BLANK_PASSWORDS   false                               no        Try blank passwords for all users
   BRUTEFORCE_SPEED  5                                   yes       How fast to bruteforce, from 0 to 5
   DB_ALL_CREDS      false                               no        Try each user/password couple stored in the current database
   DB_ALL_PASS       false                               no        Add all passwords in the current database to the list
   DB_ALL_USERS      false                               no        Add all users in the current database to the list
   PASSWORD                                              no        A specific password to authenticate with
   PASS_FILE         /usr/share/wordlists/fasttrack.txt  no        File containing passwords, one per line
   Proxies                                               no        A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
   RECORD_GUEST      false                               no        Record anonymous/guest logins to the database
   RHOSTS                                                yes       The target address range or CIDR identifier
   RPORT             21                                  yes       The target port (TCP)
   STOP_ON_SUCCESS   false                               yes       Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
   THREADS           1                                   yes       The number of concurrent threads
   USERNAME                                              no        A specific username to authenticate as
   USERPASS_FILE                                         no        File containing users and passwords separated by space, one pair per line
   USER_AS_PASS      false                               no        Try the username as the password for all users
   USER_FILE                                             no        File containing usernames, one per line
   VERBOSE           true                                yes       Whether to print output for all attempts

This module can take both wordlists and user-specified credentials in order to attempt to login.

msf auxiliary(ftp_login) > set RHOSTS 192.168.69.50-254
RHOSTS => 192.168.69.50-254
msf auxiliary(ftp_login) > set THREADS 205
THREADS => 205
msf auxiliary(ftp_login) > set USERNAME msfadmin
USERNAME => msfadmin
msf auxiliary(ftp_login) > set PASSWORD msfadmin
PASSWORD => msfadmin
msf auxiliary(ftp_login) > set VERBOSE false
VERBOSE => false
msf auxiliary(ftp_login) > run

[*] 192.168.69.51:21 - Starting FTP login sweep
[*] 192.168.69.50:21 - Starting FTP login sweep
[*] 192.168.69.52:21 - Starting FTP login sweep
...snip...
[*] Scanned 082 of 205 hosts (040% complete)
[*] 192.168.69.135:21 - FTP Banner: '220 ProFTPD 1.3.1 Server (Debian) [::ffff:192.168.69.135]\x0d\x0a'
[*] Scanned 204 of 205 hosts (099% complete)
[+] 192.168.69.135:21 - Successful FTP login for 'msfadmin':'msfadmin'
[*] 192.168.69.135:21 - User 'msfadmin' has READ/WRITE access
[*] Scanned 205 of 205 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
msf auxiliary(ftp_login) >

As we can see, the scanner successfully logged in to one of our targets with the provided credentials.

ftp_version

a11y.text ftp_version

The ftp_version module simply scans a range of IP addresses and determines the version of any FTP servers that are running.

msf > use auxiliary/scanner/ftp/ftp_version
msf auxiliary(ftp_version) > show options

Module options:

   Name     Current Setting      Required  Description
   ----     ---------------      --------  -----------
   FTPPASS  mozilla@example.com  no        The password for the specified username
   FTPUSER  anonymous            no        The username to authenticate as
   RHOSTS                        yes       The target address range or CIDR identifier
   RPORT    21                   yes       The target port
   THREADS  1                    yes       The number of concurrent threads

To setup the module, we just set our RHOSTS and THREADS values and let it run.

msf auxiliary(ftp_version) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.200-254
RHOSTS => 192.168.1.200-254
msf auxiliary(ftp_version) > set THREADS 55
THREADS => 55
msf auxiliary(ftp_version) > run

[*] 192.168.1.205:21 FTP Banner: '220 oracle2 Microsoft FTP Service (Version 5.0).\x0d\x0a'
[*] 192.168.1.204:21 FTP Banner: '220 Microsoft FTP Service\x0d\x0a'
[*] 192.168.1.203:21 FTP Banner: '220 Microsoft FTP Service\x0d\x0a'
[*] 192.168.1.206:21 FTP Banner: '220 oracle2 Microsoft FTP Service (Version 5.0).\x0d\x0a'
[*] 192.168.1.216:21 FTP Banner: '220 (vsFTPd 2.0.1)\x0d\x0a'
[*] 192.168.1.211:21 FTP Banner: '220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)\x0d\x0a'
[*] 192.168.1.215:21 FTP Banner: '220 (vsFTPd 1.1.3)\x0d\x0a'
[*] 192.168.1.222:21 FTP Banner: '220 mailman FTP server (Version wu-2.6.2-5) ready.\x0d\x0a'
[*] 192.168.1.227:21 FTP Banner: '220 srv2 Microsoft FTP Service (Version 5.0).\x0d\x0a'
[*] 192.168.1.249:21 FTP Banner: '220 ProFTPD 1.3.3a Server (Debian) [::ffff:192.168.1.249]\x0d\x0a'
[*] Scanned 28 of 55 hosts (050% complete)
[*] 192.168.1.217:21 FTP Banner: '220 ftp3 FTP server (Version wu-2.6.0(1) Mon Feb 28 10:30:36 EST 2000) ready.\x0d\x0a'
[*] Scanned 51 of 55 hosts (092% complete)
[*] Scanned 52 of 55 hosts (094% complete)
[*] Scanned 53 of 55 hosts (096% complete)
[*] Scanned 55 of 55 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
msf auxiliary(ftp_version) >
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