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Windows Gather AutoLogin User Credential Extractor

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module extracts the plain-text Windows user login password in Registry.
It exploits a Windows feature that Windows (2000 to 2008 R2) allows a
user or third-party Windows Utility tools to configure User AutoLogin via
plain-text password insertion in (Alt)DefaultPassword field in the registry
location - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\WinLogon. This is readable
by all users.

Author

Myo Soe

Platform

Windows

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 post/windows/gather/credentials/windows_autologin
    msf post(windows_autologin) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf post(windows_autologin) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf post(windows_autologin) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf post(windows_autologin) > run
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