Public Bucket Hunter
from kittysploit import *
import json
import re
from urllib.parse import urlparse
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
class Module(Auxiliary, Http_client):
__info__ = {
"name": "Public Bucket Hunter",
"author": ["KittySploit Team"],
"description": "Hunt likely public cloud storage buckets (S3/GCS/Azure Blob) from domain naming patterns.",
"tags": ["osint", "passive", "cloud", "bucket"],
}
target = OptString("", "Target domain (e.g. example.com)", required=True)
timeout = OptString("8", "HTTP timeout in seconds", required=False)
max_candidates = OptString("80", "Maximum bucket candidates to test", required=False)
include_restricted = OptBool(False, "Include restricted-but-existing buckets in findings", False)
output_file = OptString("", "Optional JSON output file", required=False)
def _http_get_url(self, url, timeout_seconds):
parsed = urlparse(url)
host = parsed.hostname
if not host:
return None
scheme = (parsed.scheme or "https").lower()
port = parsed.port or (443 if scheme == "https" else 80)
path = parsed.path or "/"
if parsed.query:
path = f"{path}?{parsed.query}"
old_target = self.target
old_port = getattr(self, "port", 443)
old_ssl = getattr(self, "ssl", True)
try:
self.target = host
self.port = int(port)
self.ssl = (scheme == "https")
return self.http_request(method="GET", path=path, allow_redirects=True, timeout=timeout_seconds)
except Exception:
return None
finally:
self.target = old_target
self.port = old_port
self.ssl = old_ssl
def _to_int(self, value, default_value):
try:
return max(1, int(str(value).strip()))
except Exception:
return default_value
def _build_candidates(self, domain):
base = domain.lower().strip()
naked = base.replace(".", "-")
root = base.split(".")[0]
words = [root, naked, base]
suffixes = ["assets", "static", "cdn", "media", "files", "backup", "uploads", "public"]
cands = set(words)
for w in words:
for s in suffixes:
cands.add(f"{w}-{s}")
cands.add(f"{s}-{w}")
cands.add(f"{w}.{s}")
return sorted(cands)
def _probe(self, url, timeout_seconds):
try:
r = self._http_get_url(url, timeout_seconds)
if not r:
return None, url, ""
body = (r.text or "")[:3000].lower()
return r.status_code, r.url, body
except Exception:
return None, url, ""
def _assess_s3(self, bucket, timeout_seconds):
url = f"https://{bucket}.s3.amazonaws.com/"
status, final_url, body = self._probe(url, timeout_seconds)
if status is None:
return None
if status == 200 and ("listbucketresult" in body or "<contents>" in body):
return {"provider": "s3", "bucket": bucket, "url": final_url, "status": status, "public": True, "signal": "bucket_listing_enabled", "confidence": 95}
if status in (200, 403) and "accessdenied" in body:
return {"provider": "s3", "bucket": bucket, "url": final_url, "status": status, "public": False, "signal": "bucket_exists_access_denied", "confidence": 55}
if status == 404 and ("nosuchbucket" in body or "not found" in body):
return None
return None
def _assess_gcs(self, bucket, timeout_seconds):
url = f"https://storage.googleapis.com/{bucket}/"
status, final_url, body = self._probe(url, timeout_seconds)
if status is None:
return None
if status == 200 and ("<listbucketresult" in body or "xmlns=\"http://doc.s3.amazonaws.com/2006-03-01\"" in body):
return {"provider": "gcs", "bucket": bucket, "url": final_url, "status": status, "public": True, "signal": "bucket_listing_enabled", "confidence": 95}
if status in (401, 403) and ("access denied" in body or "anonymous caller" in body):
return {"provider": "gcs", "bucket": bucket, "url": final_url, "status": status, "public": False, "signal": "bucket_exists_restricted", "confidence": 55}
return None
def _assess_azure(self, bucket, timeout_seconds):
# For Azure, candidate is used as account and common container names are tested.
account = re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9]", "", bucket.lower())[:24]
if len(account) < 3:
return None
containers = ["public", "assets", "media", "static", "files", "backup"]
for container in containers:
url = f"https://{account}.blob.core.windows.net/{container}?restype=container&comp=list"
status, final_url, body = self._probe(url, timeout_seconds)
if status == 200 and ("<enumerationresults" in body or "<blobs>" in body):
return {
"provider": "azure_blob",
"bucket": f"{account}/{container}",
"url": final_url,
"status": status,
"public": True,
"signal": "container_listing_enabled",
"confidence": 90,
}
if status in (403, 409) and ("authenticationfailed" in body or "public access is not permitted" in body):
return {
"provider": "azure_blob",
"bucket": f"{account}/{container}",
"url": final_url,
"status": status,
"public": False,
"signal": "container_exists_restricted",
"confidence": 50,
}
return None
def run(self):
domain = str(self.target).strip().lower()
if not domain:
print_error("target is required")
return {"error": "target is required"}
timeout_seconds = self._to_int(self.timeout, 8)
max_candidates = self._to_int(self.max_candidates, 80)
candidates = self._build_candidates(domain)[:max_candidates]
print_info(f"Hunting public cloud buckets for {domain}")
print_info(f"Candidates generated: {len(candidates)}")
findings = []
for cand in candidates:
s3 = self._assess_s3(cand, timeout_seconds)
if s3:
findings.append(s3)
gcs = self._assess_gcs(cand, timeout_seconds)
if gcs:
findings.append(gcs)
az = self._assess_azure(cand, timeout_seconds)
if az:
findings.append(az)
# Deduplicate on provider+bucket+signal
unique = {}
for f in findings:
key = (f.get("provider"), f.get("bucket"), f.get("signal"))
unique[key] = f
findings = list(unique.values())
if not self.include_restricted:
findings = [f for f in findings if f.get("public")]
public_count = len([f for f in findings if f.get("public")])
risk_level = "LOW"
if public_count >= 3:
risk_level = "HIGH"
elif public_count >= 1:
risk_level = "MEDIUM"
data = {
"target": domain,
"candidates_tested": len(candidates),
"count": len(findings),
"public_count": public_count,
"risk_level": risk_level,
"findings": sorted(
findings,
key=lambda x: (
not x.get("public", False),
-int(x.get("confidence", 0)),
x.get("provider", ""),
),
),
}
if findings:
print_warning(
f"Bucket findings: {len(findings)} (public={public_count}, risk={risk_level})"
)
for f in data["findings"][:20]:
print_info(
f" [{f['provider']}] {f['bucket']} | public={f['public']} "
f"| status={f['status']} | signal={f['signal']}"
)
else:
print_success("No bucket exposure signal found in tested candidates")
if self.output_file:
try:
with open(str(self.output_file), "w") as fp:
json.dump(data, fp, indent=2)
print_success(f"Results saved to {self.output_file}")
except Exception as e:
print_error(f"Failed to save output: {e}")
return data
def get_graph_nodes(self, data):
if not isinstance(data, dict) or "error" in data:
return [], []
target = data.get("target", self.target)
nodes = []
edges = []
for i, f in enumerate(data.get("findings", [])[:20]):
nid = f"bucket_{i}_{target}"
icon = "🪣" if f.get("public") else "🔒"
label = f"{f.get('provider')}:{f.get('bucket')} ({f.get('confidence', 0)})"
group = "hostname" if f.get("public") else "generic"
nodes.append({"id": nid, "label": label, "group": group, "icon": icon})
edges.append({"from": target, "to": nid, "label": "bucket"})
return nodes, edges
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02 May 2026 21:27Current
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