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Cerberus FTP Server SFTP Username Enumeration

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Disclosed
May 27, 2014
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module uses a dictionary to brute force valid usernames from
Cerberus FTP server via SFTP. This issue affects all versions of
the software older than 6.0.9.0 or 7.0.0.2 and is caused by a discrepancy
in the way the SSH service handles failed logins for valid and invalid
users. This issue was discovered by Steve Embling.

Authors

Steve Embling
Matt Byrne [email protected]

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use auxiliary/scanner/ssh/cerberus_sftp_enumusers
    msf auxiliary(cerberus_sftp_enumusers) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(cerberus_sftp_enumusers) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(cerberus_sftp_enumusers) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(cerberus_sftp_enumusers) > run
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