Summary:
PowerHuntShares v2 introduces enhanced functionalities for analyzing SMB shares with excessive privileges, aiding cybersecurity teams in identifying and remediating vulnerabilities. Key features include automated secrets extraction, share similarity scoring, and a new ShareGraph Explorer for visualizing share relationships.
Keypoints:
- PowerHuntShares is an open-source tool designed to analyze SMB shares with excessive privileges.
- The v2 release includes new functionalities and insights for better risk assessment and remediation.
- Key features include automated secrets extraction, share and application fingerprinting, and risk scoring.
- Users can visualize share relationships using the ShareGraph Explorer.
- Enhanced reporting capabilities with interactive HTML reports and CSV export options.
- New scoring methods to prioritize remediation tasks based on risk and similarity.
- Integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) for improved share application context identification.
MITRE Techniques
- Credential Dumping (T1003): Extracts credentials from configuration files and other sources.
- Exploitation of Remote Services (T1210): Targets SMB shares with excessive privileges for unauthorized access.
- Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486): Potentially exposes sensitive data through misconfigured shares.
IoC:
- [url] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NetSPI/PowerHuntShares/main/PowerHuntShares.psm1
- [url] https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/15-ways-to-bypass-the-powershell-execution-policy/
Full Research: https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/powerhuntshares-2-0-release/