As an open-source project, strozfriedberg/Windows-Exploit-Suggester has picked up 4.2k stars on GitHub (Python). This tool compares a targets patch levels against the Microsoft vulnerability database in order to detect potential missing patches on the target. It also notifies the user if there are public exploits and Metasploit modules available for the missing bulletins.
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This tool compares a targets patch levels against the Microsoft vulnerability
database in order to detect potential missing patches on the target. It also
notifies the user if there are public exploits and Metasploit modules
available for the missing bulletins.
It requires the 'systeminfo' command output from a Windows host in order to
compare that the Microsoft security bulletin database and determine the
patch level of the host.
It has the ability to automatically download the security bulletin database
from Microsoft with the --update flag, and saves it as an Excel spreadsheet.
When looking at the command output, it is important to note that it assumes
all vulnerabilities and then selectively removes them based upon the hotfix
data. This can result in many false-positives, and it is key to know what
software is actually running on the target host. For example, if there are
known IIS exploits it will flag them even if IIS is not running on the
target host.
The output shows either public exploits (E), or Metasploit modules (M) as
indicated by the character value.
It was heavily inspired by Linux_Exploit_Suggester by Pentura.
Blog Post: "Introducing Windows Exploit Suggester", https://blog.gdssecurity.com/labs/2014/7/11/introducing-windows-exploit-suggester.html
USAGE
update the database
$ ./windows-exploit-suggester.py --update
[*] initiating...
[*] successfully requested base url
[*] scraped ms download url
[+] writing to file 2014-06-06-mssb.xlsx
[*] done
feed it "systeminfo" input, and point it to the microsoft database
$ ./windows-exploit-suggester.py --database 2014-06-06-mssb.xlsx --systeminfo win7sp1-systeminfo.txt
[*] initiating...
[*] database file detected as xls or xlsx based on extension
[*] reading from the systeminfo input file
[*] querying database file for potential vulnerabilities
[*] comparing the 15 hotfix(es) against the 173 potential bulletins(s)
[*] there are now 168 remaining vulns
[+] windows version identified as 'Windows 7 SP1 32-bit'
[*]
[M] MS14-012: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2925418) - Critical
[E] MS13-101: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2880430) - Important
[M] MS13-090: Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits (2900986) - Critical
[M] MS13-080: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2879017) - Critical
[M] MS13-069: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2870699) - Critical
[M] MS13-059: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2862772) - Critical
[M] MS13-055: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2846071) - Critical
[M] MS13-053: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2850851) - Critical
[M] MS13-009: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2792100) - Critical
[M] MS13-005: Vulnerability in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2778930) - Important
[*] done
possible exploits for an operating system can be used without hotfix data
$ ./windows-exploit-suggester.py --database 2014-06-06-mssb.xlsx --ostext 'windows server 2008 r2'
[*] initiating...
[*] database file detected as xls or xlsx based on extension
[*] getting OS information from command line text
[*] querying database file for potential vulnerabilities
[*] comparing the 0 hotfix(es) against the 196 potential bulletins(s)
[*] there are now 196 remaining vulns
[+] windows version identified as 'Windows 2008 R2 64-bit'
[*]
[M] MS13-009: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2792100) - Critical
[M] MS13-005: Vulnerability in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2778930) - Important
[E] MS11-011: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2393802) - Important
[M] MS10-073: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (981957) - Important
[M] MS10-061: Vulnerability in Print Spooler Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2347290) - Critical
[E] MS10-059: Vulnerabilities in the Tracing Feature for Services Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (982799) - Important
[E] MS10-047: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (981852) - Important
[M] MS10-002: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (978207) - Critical
[M] MS09-072: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (976325) - Critical
LIMITATIONS
Currently, if the 'systeminfo' command reveals 'File 1' as the output for
the hotfixes, it will not be able to determine which are installed on
the target. If this occurs, the list of hotfixes will need to be
retrieved from the target host and passed in using the --hotfixes flag
It currently does not seperate 'editions' of the Windows OS such as
'Tablet' or 'Media Center' for example, or different architectures, such as
Itanium-based only
False positives also occur where it assumes EVERYTHING is installed
on the target Windows operating system. If you receive the 'File 1'
output, try executing 'wmic qfe list full' and feed that as input
with the --hotfixes flag, along with the 'systeminfo'
LICENSE
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
Is strozfriedberg/Windows-Exploit-Suggester open source?
Yes — strozfriedberg/Windows-Exploit-Suggester ships under the GPL-3.0 license, which makes its source code freely readable (and, depending on license terms, forkable and reusable). Source: github.com/strozfriedberg/Windows-Exploit-Suggester.
What is strozfriedberg/Windows-Exploit-Suggester?
strozfriedberg/Windows-Exploit-Suggester (strozfriedberg/Windows-Exploit-Suggester) is a Python project on GitHub. From the project's own README: This tool compares a targets patch levels against the Microsoft vulnerability database in order to detect potential missing patches on the target. It also notifies the user if there are public exploits and Metasploit modules available for the missing bulletins.
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