# # RDP file upload utility via Keyboard emulation. # Uploads specified input file or directory, encodes it and retypes encoded contents # by emulating keyboard keypresses into previously focused RDP session window. # That will effectively transmit contents of the file onto the remote host without use # of any sort of built-in file upload functionality. Remote desktop protocols such as # RDP/VNC could be abused in this way by smuggling to the connected host implant files, etc. # # In case a directory was specified on input, will recursively add every file from that directory # and create a Zip archive that will be later uploaded. # # Mouse movements will suspend file upload process. # # Average transfer bandwidths largely depend on your connectivity performance and system utilization. # I've experienced following: # - transfer to the Citrix Receiver RDP session: 40-60 bytes/s # - transfer to LAN RDP session RDP session: 400-800 bytes/s # # Requirements: # - pyautogui # - tqdm # # Author: # Mariusz B. / mgeeky (@mariuszbit), '20 # # import os import sys import time import hashlib import base64 import zipfile import argparse from io import BytesIO try: import pyautogui except ImportError: print('[!] Module "pyautogui" not found. Install it using: pip3 install pyautogui') sys.exit(1) try: import tqdm except ImportError: print('[!] Module "tqdm" not found. Install it using: pip3 install tqdm') sys.exit(1) config = { 'debug': True, 'verbose': True, 'wait' : 10, 'interval' : 5, 'delay' : 0.5, 'base64' : 10, 'zip' : 10, 'chunk' : 256, # Specifies what's the maximum mouse cursor position offset deviation (in pixels) # that will be tolerated and won't interrupt file upload/retype loop. # If mouse cursor will leave the N x N rectangle, we'll stop uploading/retyping. 'maxMouseDeviationInPixels' : 50, 'file' : '', 'format': '', } outputFormats = { 'raw', 'certutil', } fileWasEncoded = False progressBar = None class Logger: @staticmethod def _out(x): sys.stdout.write(x + '\n') @staticmethod def verbose(x): if config['verbose']: Logger._out('[*] ' + x) @staticmethod def info(x): Logger._out('[.] ' + x) @staticmethod def dbg(x): if config['debug']: Logger._out('[dbg] ' + x) @staticmethod def err(x): sys.stdout.write('[!] ' + x + '\n') @staticmethod def fail(x): Logger._out('[-] ' + x) @staticmethod def ok(x): Logger._out('[+] ' + x) class InMemoryZip(object): # Source: # - https://www.kompato.com/post/43805938842/in-memory-zip-in-python # - https://stackoverflow.com/a/2463818 def __init__(self): self.in_memory_zip = BytesIO() def append(self, filename_in_zip, file_contents): zf = zipfile.ZipFile(self.in_memory_zip, "a", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED, False) zf.writestr(filename_in_zip, file_contents) for zfile in zf.filelist: zfile.create_system = 0 return self def read(self): self.in_memory_zip.seek(0) return self.in_memory_zip.read() def fetch_files(rootdir): imz = InMemoryZip() for folder, subs, files in os.walk(rootdir): for filename in files: real_path = os.path.join(folder, filename) with open(real_path, 'rb') as src: zip_path = real_path.replace(rootdir + '/', '') imz.append(zip_path, src.read()) return imz.read() def reformatOutput(contents): out = contents if config['format'] == 'certutil': out = b'-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\r\n' for chunk in [contents[i:i + 64] for i in range(0, len(contents), 64)]: out += chunk + b'\r\n' out += b'-----END CERTIFICATE-----\r\n' try: Logger.dbg(f'''After reformatting output, data looks as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------- {out} ---------------------------------------------------------------- ''') except: pass return out def checkChar(a): if a >= 0x20 or a <= 0x7f: return True if a in [0x0a, 0x0d, 9]: return True return False def encodeFile(filePath, contents, dontZip): global fileWasEncoded encoded = contents if config['zip'] and not dontZip: imz = InMemoryZip() imz.append(os.path.basename(filePath), contents) encoded = imz.read() if config['base64'] or config['format'] == 'certutil': encoded = base64.b64encode(encoded) try: Logger.dbg(f'''After encoding data: ---------------------------------------------------------------- {encoded} ---------------------------------------------------------------- ''') except: pass out = reformatOutput(encoded) for a in out: if not checkChar(a): Logger.err(f'After encoding file/directory contents we resulted with binary data ({a}). That\'s not supported.') return None fileWasEncoded = contents != out return out.decode('utf-8', 'ignore') def splitFile(contents, chunkSize): for i in range(0, len(contents), chunkSize): yield contents[i:i+chunkSize] def flush(): time.sleep(2) sys.stdout.flush() sys.stderr.flush() def progress(pos, total): t = tqdm.tqdm(total=total, unit='characters') if pos > 0: t.update(pos) return t def retypeFile(contents): global progressBar retypeMousePos = pyautogui.position() pyautogui.click() Logger.verbose(f'Mouse position of assumed RDP session window: {retypeMousePos}') Logger._out('') progressBar = progress(0, len(contents)) for chunk in splitFile(contents, config['chunk']): prevPos = pyautogui.position() if abs(prevPos.x - retypeMousePos.x) > config['maxMouseDeviationInPixels'] or \ abs(prevPos.y - retypeMousePos.y) > config['maxMouseDeviationInPixels']: msg = "[?] Mouse cursor was moved away from initially focused position. File upload PAUSED.\n" msg += " Press ENTER to resume upload or Ctrl-C to interrupt.\n" progressBar.write(msg) input('') progressBar.clear() progressBar.write(f"\n[?] Position your mouse cursor at the end of written text. Waiting {config['wait']} seconds to resume...\n") if config['wait'] > 0: time.sleep(config['wait']) retypeMousePos = pyautogui.position() pyautogui.click() progressBar.clear() progressBar.unpause() progressBar.refresh() pyautogui.write(chunk, interval = (float(config['interval']) / 1000.0)) progressBar.update(len(chunk)) if config['delay'] > 0: time.sleep(config['delay']) flush() Logger._out('') def printInstructions(hash1, hash2, filePath): additional = '' basename = os.path.basename(filePath) inputFile = basename + '.txt' if fileWasEncoded else basename output = basename if config['zip']: output = basename + '.zip' if config['format'] == 'certutil': inputFile = basename + '.b64' additional = f''' *) Base64 decode file using certutil: cmd> certutil -decode {inputFile} {output} ''' elif config['format'] != 'certutil' and config['base64']: inputFile = basename + '.b64' additional = f''' *) Base64 decode file: $ cat {inputFile} | base64 -d > {output} or cmd> powershell -c "[IO.File]::WriteAllBytes('{output}', [Convert]::FromBase64String([IO.File]::ReadAllText('{inputFile}')))" ''' if config['zip']: additional += f''' *) Unzip resulting file: $ unzip -d . {output} or PS> Expand-Archive -Path .\\{output} -Dest . ''' if hash1 != hash2: additional += f''' *) Verify MD5 sum of final form of uploaded file to expected original value {hash1}: $ md5sum {output} or PS> Get-FileHash .\\{output} -Algorithm MD5 ''' Logger.verbose(f''' ================================================================ B) After file was uploaded, next steps are: *) Using your text editor: save the file in a remote system as "{inputFile}" *) Verify MD5 sum of retyped file to base value {hash2}: $ md5sum {inputFile} or PS> Get-FileHash .\\{inputFile} -Algorithm MD5 {additional} ''') def parseOptions(argv): global config print(''' :: RDP file upload utility via Keyboard emulation. Takes an input file/folder and retypes it into focused RDP session window. That effectively uploads the file into remote host over a RDP channel. Mariusz B. / mgeeky '20, (@mariuszbit) ''') parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog = argv[0], usage='%(prog)s [options] ') parser.add_argument('inputFile', help='Input file or directory to upload. In case of directory - all files will get zipped recursively and resulting zip file will be uploaded.') parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true', help='Displays verbose output containing field steps to follow.') parser.add_argument('-D', '--debug', action='store_true', help='Display debug output.') parser.add_argument('-f', '--format', choices=outputFormats, default='raw', help=f'Specifies into which format retype input file. Default: retype the file as is. "certutil" format implies --base64') timing = parser.add_argument_group('Timing & Performance', 'Adjusts settings impacting program\'s "upload" efficiency') timing.add_argument('-w', '--wait', type=int, default=config['wait'], help=f'Hold on before we start retyping file contents for this long (in seconds). Default: {config["wait"]} seconds.') timing.add_argument('-i', '--interval', type=int, default=config['interval'], help=f'Adjusts inter-key press interval (in milliseconds). Default: {config["interval"]} miliseconds.') timing.add_argument('-d', '--delay', type=int, default=config['delay'], help=f'Every next chunk (of size {config["chunk"]} bytes) wait this amount of time. Default: {config["delay"]} miliseconds.') encoding = parser.add_argument_group('Encoding', 'Controls how to encode the file before retyping it') encoding.add_argument('-b', '--base64', action='store_true', help='Encode and then retype base64 encoded file contents.') encoding.add_argument('-z', '--zip', action='store_true', help='Zip file contents before retyping them. If used with --base64 will retype results of base64(zip(file))') args = parser.parse_args() if not hasattr(args, 'inputFile') or args.inputFile is None: parser.print_help() return None config['verbose'] = args.verbose config['debug'] = args.debug if args.debug: config['verbose'] = True config['interval'] = args.interval config['format'] = args.format config['wait'] = args.wait config['zip'] = args.zip config['base64'] = args.base64 if args.interval < 5: Logger.fail('WARNING: Setting too low inter-key press interval may result in keys being lost in the transit!') Logger.fail(' Be sure to verify uploaded file\'s md5 checksum!\n') return args def main(argv): opts = parseOptions(argv) if not opts: return False contents = None dontZip = False t = 'file' try: if os.path.isfile(opts.inputFile): with open(opts.inputFile, 'rb') as f: contents = f.read() elif os.path.isdir(opts.inputFile): contents = fetch_files(rootdir) t = 'directory' dontZip = True else: Logger.err("Specified input file is neither a file nor directory (or it doesn't exist)!") return False except: Logger.err(f'Could not open file for reading: "{opts.inputFile}"') return False if contents == None or len(contents) == 0: Logger.fail("Specified file/directory was empty.") return False encoded = encodeFile(opts.inputFile, contents, dontZip) if encoded == None or len(encoded) == 0: Logger.fail("No encoded data to upload.") return False Logger.ok(f'Will upload {t}\'s contents: "{opts.inputFile}"\n') hash1 = hashlib.md5(contents).hexdigest() hash2 = hashlib.md5(encoded.encode()).hexdigest() Logger.ok('MD5 checksum of file to be uploaded: ' + hash1) Logger.ok('MD5 checksum of encoded data to be retyped: ' + hash2) Logger.info(f'Size of input {t}: {len(contents)} - keys to retype: {len(encoded)}') Logger.verbose(f'Inter-key press interval: {opts.interval} miliseconds.') Logger.verbose(f'Every chunk cooldown delay: {opts.delay} miliseconds.') del contents Logger.verbose(''' ================================================================ A) How to proceed now: 1) In your RDP session, spawn a text editor (notepad, vim) 2) Click inside of a text area as you were about to write something. 3) Leave your mouse cursor in that RDP session window (client) having that window focused ''') Logger.info('Do not use your mouse/keyboard until file upload is completed!\n') Logger.ok('We\'re about to initiate upload process.') try: Logger.info(f'Waiting {config["wait"]} seconds before we begin...\n') time.sleep(opts.wait) Logger.ok('Starting file retype/upload...') retypeFile(encoded) Logger._out('') Logger.ok("FILE UPLOADED.") printInstructions(hash1, hash2, opts.inputFile) except KeyboardInterrupt: progressBar.clear() flush() Logger._out('') Logger.fail("FILE WAS NOT FULLY UPLOADED. User has interrupted file retype/upload process!\n") return False flush() progressBar.clear() return True if __name__ == '__main__': main(sys.argv)