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cheetah

a very fast brute force webshell password tool

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0x00 cheetah

Cheetah is a dictionary-based brute force password webshell tool, running as fast as a cheetah hunt for prey.

Cheetah's working principle is that it can submit a large number of detection passwords based on different web services at once, blasting efficiency is thousands of times other common brute force password webshell tools.

This version may later be infrequently updated, please use the Cheetah GUI version!

0x01 features

  • Fast speed.

  • Supports python 2.x and python 3.x

  • Support to read large password dictionary file.

  • Support to remove duplicate passwords of large password dictionary file.

  • Support for automatic detection of web services.

  • Supports brute force batch webshell urls password.

  • Support for automatic forgery request header.

  • Currently supports php, jsp, asp, aspx webshell.

Docker Build

root@kitploit:~
$ docker build -t xshuden/cheetah .

Docker Usage

root@kitploit:~
$ docker run --rm -it xshuden/cheetah
$ docker run --rm -it xshuden/cheetah -h
$ docker run --rm -it xshuden/cheetah -u http://google.com

0x02 parameter description

python cheetah.py -h

root@kitploit:~
_________________________________________________
       ______              _____         ______
__________  /_ _____ _____ __  /_______ ____  /_
_  ___/__  __ \_  _ \_  _ \_  __/_  __ \ __  __ \
/ /__  _  / / //  __//  __// /_  / /_/ / _  / / /
\___/  / / /_/ \___/ \___/ \__/  \____/  / / /_/
      /_/                               /_/

a very fast brute force webshell password tool.

usage: cheetah.py [-h] [-i] [-v] [-c] [-up] [-r] [-w] [-s] [-n] [-u] [-b]
                   [-p [file [file ...]]]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i, --info            show information of cheetah and exit
  -v, --verbose         enable verbose output(default disabled)
  -c, --clear           clear duplicate password(default disabled)
  -up, --update         update cheetah
  -r , --request        specify request method(default POST)
  -t , --time           specify request interval seconds(default 0)
  -w , --webshell       specify webshell type(default auto-detect)
  -s , --server         specify web server name(default auto-detect)
  -n , --number         specify the number of request parameters
  -u , --url            specify the webshell url
  -b , --url-file       specify batch webshell urls file
  -p file [file ...]    specify possword file(default data/pwd.list)

use examples:
  python cheetah.py -u http://orz/orz.php
  python cheetah.py -u http://orz/orz.jsp -r post -n 1000 -v
  python cheetah.py -u http://orz/orz.asp -r get -c -p pwd.list
  python cheetah.py -u http://orz/orz -w aspx -s iis -n 1000
  python cheetah.py -b url.list -c -p pwd1.list pwd2.list -v

0x03 screenshot

Ubuntu

screenshot 4

Windows

screenshot 1 screenshot 2 screenshot 3

0x03 download, use and update cheetah

root@kitploit:~
git clone https://github.com/sunnyelf/cheetah.git
python cheetah.py 
git pull orgin master

0x04 files description

root@kitploit:~
cheetah:
│  .codeclimate.yml
│  .gitignore
│  .travis.yml
│  cheetah.py              main program
│  LICENSE
│  README.md
│  README_zh.md
│  update.py               update module
│
├─data 
│      big_shell_pwd.7z   big shell password file
│      pwd.list           default shell password file
│      url.list           default batch webshell urls file
│      user-agent.list    user agent file
│
└─images
        1.png
        2.png
        3.png
        4.png
        logo.jpg
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