UpdateHostsFile

UpdateHostsFile is a python script to update /etc/hosts with ip addresses and hostnames found by netexec In the OSEP challenges there a a few machines that should be added to the /etc/hosts file. This was something I did not like. Based on a oneliner shared by Extravenger, I decided to write a python script to use the other protocols as well.

Usage

Warning

It should run with sudo or root privileges since the file /etc/hosts will be adjusted.

Perhaps you want to create a backup of this file first.

Use --quick argument to run a quick enumeration and add the results based on SMB

sudo python3 Update-Hosts-File.py --quick  --subnet 192.168.10.0/24

Use the --protocol <PROTOCOL> argument to run a specific enumeration and add the results based on the provided protocol

sudo python3 Update-Hosts-File.py --protocol rdp  --subnet 192.168.10.0/24

Use the --all argument to run all protocols with netexec. This might take a while.

sudo python3 Update-Hosts-File.py --all  --subnet 192.168.10.0/24

You can also specify multiple protocols within a single scan

sudo python3 Update-Hosts-File.py --protocols smb,rdp --subnet 192.168.10.0/24

Issue

Somehow I got issues in retrieving the correct output with LDAP. Not sure why, if you know and can fix it. Let me know!