vmauthd-brute NSE Script

local brute = require "brute"
local creds = require "creds"
local match = require "match"
local nmap = require "nmap"
local shortport = require "shortport"
local stdnse = require "stdnse"

description = [[
Performs brute force password auditing against the VMWare Authentication Daemon (vmware-authd).
]]

---
-- @usage
-- nmap -p 902 <ip> --script vmauthd-brute
--
-- @output
-- PORT    STATE SERVICE
-- 902/tcp open  iss-realsecure
-- | vmauthd-brute:
-- |   Accounts
-- |     root:00000 - Valid credentials
-- |   Statistics
-- |_    Performed 183 guesses in 40 seconds, average tps: 4
--

author = "Patrik Karlsson"
license = "Same as Nmap--See https://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html"
categories = {"brute", "intrusive"}


portrule = shortport.port_or_service(902, {"ssl/vmware-auth", "vmware-auth"}, "tcp")

local function fail(err) return stdnse.format_output(false, err) end
Driver = {

  new = function(self, host, port, options)
    local o = { host = host, port = port }
    setmetatable(o, self)
    self.__index = self
    return o
  end,

  connect = function(self)
    self.socket = brute.new_socket()
    return self.socket:connect(self.host, self.port)
  end,

  login = function(self, username, password)
    local status, line = self.socket:receive_buf(match.pattern_limit("\r\n", 2048), false)
    if ( line:match("^220 VMware Authentication Daemon.*SSL Required") ) then
      self.socket:reconnect_ssl()
    end

    status = self.socket:send( ("USER %s\r\n"):format(username) )
    if ( not(status) ) then
      local err = brute.Error:new( "Failed to send data to server" )
      err:setRetry( true )
      return false, err
    end

    local status, response = self.socket:receive_buf(match.pattern_limit("\r\n", 2048), false)
    if ( not(status) or not(response:match("^331") ) ) then
      local err = brute.Error:new( "Received unexpected response from server" )
      err:setRetry( true )
      return false, err
    end

    status = self.socket:send( ("PASS %s\r\n"):format(password) )
    if ( not(status) ) then
      local err = brute.Error:new( "Failed to send data to server" )
      err:setRetry( true )
      return false, err
    end
    status, response = self.socket:receive_buf(match.pattern_limit("\r\n", 2048), false)

    if ( response:match("^230") ) then
      return true, creds.Account:new(username, password, creds.State.VALID)
    end

    return false, brute.Error:new( "Login incorrect" )
  end,

  disconnect = function(self)
    return self.socket:close()
  end

}

local function checkAuthd(host, port)
  local socket = nmap.new_socket()
  local status = socket:connect(host, port)

  if( not(status) ) then
    return false, "Failed to connect to server"
  end

  local status, line = socket:receive_buf(match.pattern_limit("\r\n", 2048), false)
  socket:close()
  if ( not(status) ) then
    return false, "Failed to receive response from server"
  end

  if ( not( line:match("^220 VMware Authentication Daemon") ) ) then
    return false, "Failed to detect VMWare Authentication Daemon"
  end
  return true
end


action = function(host, port)
  local status, err = checkAuthd(host, port)
  if ( not(status) ) then
    return fail(err)
  end

  local engine = brute.Engine:new(Driver, host, port)
  engine.options.script_name = SCRIPT_NAME
  local result
  status, result = engine:start()
  return result
end