if you can get a copy of the password hash file. And you know your
password. Then you should be able to figure out the hash function and
JTR should give you every password on the box. So... I seem to be
missing something in this conversation thread. ?
On 7/17/11, Mark Phillips <
mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:54 AM, Lisa Kachold
> <lisakachold@obnosis.com>wrote:
>
>> There are alot of password files and dictionary lists on various sites.
>> Backtrack5 contains a good number.
>>
>> But I imagine that it's either not allowing root via ssh or you have the
>> wrong username.
>>
>
> It turns out the box is smarter than a fifth grader.....after a few hydra
> attacks, it started rejecting all the hydra attempts to ssh in via root.
> Once I stopped hydra (after running all night), it took a couple of hours
> before it would respond to ssh attempts from root. It now will ask for the
> root password, but I still have no idea what it is.
>
>>
>> Or it's a truely random string.
>>
> It could be....the password for the zip file to unzip the file system is
>
> YvSInIQopeipx66t_DCdfEvfP47qeVPhNhAuSYmA4
>
> . Someone retrieved it using a disassembler on the file system.
>
> I did some more reading, and one person was able to use php to allow ssh
> login. The box allows one to create a web space, and it comes with php
> installed. One can edit the php.ini file, and I can upload via ftp a php
> script. The script they suggested is:
> <?php
> $file = '../../../../etc/pam.d/sshd';
> $fh=fopen($file, 'w') or die("can't open file");
> $stringData = "account required pam_unix.so\n";
> fwrite($fh, $stringData);
> $stringData = "session required pam_unix.so\n";
> fwrite($fh, $stringData);
> $stringData = "auth required pam_permit.so\n";
> fwrite($fh, $stringData);
> fclose($fh);
> ?>
>
> I uploaded the script, but I get a 404 File not Found when I access the
> page. I thought it might be a file permission error since the file is only
> rw. I tried chmod 777 at the ftp prompt, and got the error message File not
> Found, but ls shows it is there.
>
> ftp> ls
> 200 PORT command successful
> 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
> drwxrwxrwx 2 apache apache 6 Jul 17 08:23 cgi-bin
> drwxrwxrwx 2 apache apache 22 Jul 17 08:23 htdocs
> drwxrwxrwx 2 apache apache 39 Jul 17 08:23 log
> -rw-rw-rw- 1 hammerhead hdusers 335 Jul 17 08:49 script.php
> 226 Transfer complete
> ftp> chmod 777 script.php
> 550 CHMOD 777 script.php: No such file or directory
> ftp>
>
> Is there anything I can change in the php.ini file to make this script
> execute? Or, am I missing something else?
>
> BTW, I cannot ftp as root, but I can ftp as a user I created, hammerhead.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Mark Phillips <
>> mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
>>
>>> Since this is a drive buffalo, I might try ettercap ssh downgrade attack:
>>>>
>>>> http://openmaniak.com/ettercap_filter.php
>>>> ttp://sites.google.com/site/clickdeathsquad/Home/cds-ssh-mitmdowngrade
>>>>
>>>> Not sure how a man in the middle attack will work, since I don't know
>>>> the
>>> password to begin with...
>>>
>>> Or Hydra:
>>>>
>>>> Hydra Instructions:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CP-JB4QARo
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hydra is promising. I tried it with the common passwords list from
>>> openwall. No luck. Do you have any better password lists?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mark
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