Vulnerable Application
This module attempts to login to an Apache Axis2 instance using username and password combinations indicated by the USER_FILE, PASS_FILE, and USERPASS_FILE options. It has been verified to work on at least versions 1.4.1 and 1.6.2.
Verification Steps
Start msfconsole
Do: use auxiliary/scanner/http/axis_login
Do: set usernames and passwords via the username and password options, or pass a list via user_file and pass_file options
Do: run
Hopefully you see somthing like this:
[+] 127.0.0.1:8080 - Login Successful: axisadmin:4x15pa$$w0rd
Options
List each option and how to use it.
BLANK_PASSWORDS
Try blank passwords for all users
BLANK_PASSWORD
Set to true if an additional login attempt should be made with an empty password for every user.
BRUTEFORCE_SPEED
How fast to bruteforce, from 0 to 5
DB_ALL_CREDS
Try each user/password couple stored in the current database
DB_ALL_PASS
Add all passwords in the current database to the list
DB_ALL_USERS
Add all users in the current database to the list
DB_SKIP_EXISTING
Skip existing credentials stored in the current database (Accepted: none, user, user&realm)
PASSWORD
A specific password to authenticate with
PASS_FILE
File containing passwords, one per line
STOP_ON_SUCCESS
Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
THREADS
The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
USERPASS_FILE
File containing users and passwords separated by space, one pair per line
USER_FILE
File containing usernames, one per line
VERBOSE
Whether to print output for all attempts
VHOST
HTTP server virtual host
Scenarios
Specific demo of using the module that might be useful in a real world scenario.
msf > use auxiliary/scanner/http/axis_login
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/axis_login) > set rhosts 127.0.0.1
rhosts => 127.0.0.1
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/axis_login) > set password N0tpassword!
password => N0tpassword!
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/axis_login) > set userfile ./USERNAMES
userfile => ./USERNAMES
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/axis_login) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/scanner/http/axis_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
DB_SKIP_EXISTING none no Skip existing credentials stored in the current database (Accepted: none, user, user&realm)
PASSWORD no A specific password to authenticate with
PASS_FILE no File containing passwords, one per line
Proxies no A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
RHOSTS yes The target host(s), see https://docs.metasploit.com/docs/using-metasploit/basics/using-metasploit.html
RPORT 8080 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL false no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
STOP_ON_SUCCESS false yes Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
TARGETURI /axis2/axis2-admin/login no Path to the Apache Axis Administration page
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
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
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
View the full module info with the info, or info -d command.
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/axis_login) > run
[*] Attempting to login to /stop using password list
[!] 127.0.0.1:8080 - No active DB -- Credential data will not be saved!
[-] 127.0.0.1:8080 - Failed: 'AxisRoot:password'
[+] 127.0.0.1:8080 - 127.0.0.1:8080 - Login Successful: WORKSTATION\AxisRoot:N0tpassword!
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/axis_login) >
