mysql-dump-hashes

NSE detection rule by Patrik Karlsson · Same as Nmap--See https://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html

Dumps the password hashes from an MySQL server in a format suitable for cracking by tools such as John the Ripper. Appropriate DB privileges (root) are required. The <code>username</code> and <code>password</code> arguments take precedence over credentials discovered by the mysql-brute and mysql-empty-password scripts.

local mysql = require "mysql"
local nmap = require "nmap"
local shortport = require "shortport"
local stdnse = require "stdnse"

description = [[
Dumps the password hashes from an MySQL server in a format suitable for
cracking by tools such as John the Ripper.  Appropriate DB privileges (root) are required.

The <code>username</code> and <code>password</code> arguments take precedence
over credentials discovered by the mysql-brute and mysql-empty-password
scripts.
]]

---
-- @usage
-- nmap -p 3306 <ip> --script mysql-dump-hashes --script-args='username=root,password=secret'
--
-- @output
-- PORT     STATE SERVICE
-- 3306/tcp open  mysql
-- | mysql-dump-hashes:
-- |   root:*9B500343BC52E2911172EB52AE5CF4847604C6E5
-- |   debian-sys-maint:*92357EE43977D9228AC9C0D60BB4B4479BD7A337
-- |_  toor:*14E65567ABDB5135D0CFD9A70B3032C179A49EE7
--
-- @args username the username to use to connect to the server
-- @args password the password to use to connect to the server
--

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


dependencies = {"mysql-empty-password", "mysql-brute"}

portrule = shortport.port_or_service(3306, "mysql")

local arg_username = stdnse.get_script_args(SCRIPT_NAME .. ".username")
local arg_password = stdnse.get_script_args(SCRIPT_NAME .. ".password") or ""

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

local function getCredentials()
  -- first, let's see if the script has any credentials as arguments?
  if ( arg_username ) then
    return { [arg_username] = arg_password }
  -- next, let's see if mysql-brute or mysql-empty-password brought us anything
  elseif nmap.registry.mysqlusers then
    -- do we have root credentials?
    if nmap.registry.mysqlusers['root'] then
      return { ['root'] = nmap.registry.mysqlusers['root'] }
    else
      -- we didn't have root, so let's make sure we loop over them all
      return nmap.registry.mysqlusers
    end
  -- last, no dice, we don't have any credentials at all
  end
end

local function mysqlLogin(socket, username, password)
  local status, response = mysql.receiveGreeting( socket )
  if ( not(status) ) then
    return response
  end
  return mysql.loginRequest( socket, { authversion = "post41", charset = response.charset }, username, password, response.salt )
end


action = function(host, port)
  local creds = getCredentials()
  if ( not(creds) ) then
    stdnse.debug2("No credentials were supplied, aborting ...")
    return
  end

  local result = {}
  for username, password in pairs(creds) do
    local socket = nmap.new_socket()
    if ( not(socket:connect(host, port)) ) then
      return fail("Failed to connect to server")
    end

    local status, response = mysqlLogin(socket, username, password)
    if ( status ) then
      local query = "SELECT DISTINCT CONCAT(user, ':', password) FROM mysql.user WHERE password <> ''"
      local status, rows = mysql.sqlQuery( socket, query )
      socket:close()
      if ( status ) then
        result = mysql.formatResultset(rows, { noheaders = true })
        break
      end
    else
      socket:close()
    end
  end

  if ( result ) then
    return stdnse.format_output(true, result)
  end
end

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