module

HTTP Client Basic Authentication Credential Collector

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module responds to all requests for resources with a HTTP 401. This should
cause most browsers to prompt for a credential. If the user enters Basic Auth creds
they are sent to the console.

This may be helpful in some phishing expeditions where it is possible to embed a
resource into a page.

This attack is discussed in Chapter 3 of The Tangled Web by Michal Zalewski.

Author

saint patrick [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/server/capture/http_basic
    msf auxiliary(http_basic) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(http_basic) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(http_basic) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(http_basic) > run
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