Armitage 04.06.13

This update to Armitage improves its responsiveness when connected
to a team server over a high latency network. This update also adds
a publish/query/subscribe API to Cortana.

data/armitage/whatsnew.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
 Armitage Changelog
 ==================
 
+6 Mar 13 (tested against msf ca43900a7)
+--------
+- Active console now gets higher priority when polling msf for output
+- Improved team server responsiveness in high latency situations by 
+  creating additional connections to server to balance messages over
+- Preferences are now shared among each Armitage connection.
+
+Cortana Updates (for scripters)
+--------
+- Added a &publish, &query, &subscribe API to allow inter-script 
+  communication across the team server.
+- Added &table_update to set the contents of a table tab without 
+  disturbing the highlighted rows.
+- Added an exec_error event. Fired when &m_exec or &m_exec_local fail
+  due to an error reported by meterpreter.
+- Fixed a bug that sometimes caused session_sync to fire twice (boo!)
+- Added a 60s timeout to &s_cmd commands. Cortana will give a shell
+  command 60s to execute. If it doesn't finish in that time, Cortana
+  will release the lock on the shell so the user can control it.
+  (ideally, this shouldn't happen... this is a safety mechanism)
+- Changed Meterpreter command timeout to 2m from 12s. This is because
+  https meterpreter might not checkin for up to 60s, if it's been
+  idle for a long time. This will make &m_cmd less likely to timeout
+
 12 Feb 13 (tested against msf 16438)
 ---------
 - Fixed a corner case preventing the display of removed host labels 

external/source/armitage/resources/about.html

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 		<center><h1>Armitage 1.45</h1></center>
 
 		<p>An attack management tool for Metasploit&reg;
-		<br />Release: 12 Feb 13</p>
+		<br />Release: 6 Mar 13</p>
 		<br />
 		<p>Developed by:</p>
 

external/source/armitage/scripts-cortana/internal-ui.sl

@@ -188,13 +188,24 @@ sub table_selected_single {
 
 # table_set($table, @rows)
 sub table_set {
-	local('$model $row');
-	$model = [$1 getModel];
-	[$model clear: size($2) * 2];
-	foreach $row ($2) {
-		[$model addEntry: $row];
-	}
-	[$model fireListeners];
+	later(lambda({
+		local('$model $row');
+		$model = [$a getModel];
+		[$model clear: size($b) * 2];
+		foreach $row ($b) {
+			[$model addEntry: $row];
+		}
+		[$model fireListeners];
+	}, $a => $1, $b => $2));
+}
+
+# table_set($table, @rows)
+sub table_update {
+	later(lambda({
+		[$a markSelections];
+		table_set($a, $b);
+		[$a restoreSelections];
+	}, $a => $1, $b => $2));
 }
 
 # table_sorter($table, index, &function);

external/source/armitage/scripts-cortana/internal.sl

@@ -583,6 +583,39 @@ sub data_add {
 	call("db.key_add", $1, $data);
 }
 
+#
+# a publish/query/subscribe API
+#
+
+# publish("key", $object)
+sub publish {
+	local('$data');
+	$data = [msf.Base64 encode: cast(pack("o", $2, 1), 'b')];
+	call_async("armitage.publish", $1, "$data $+ \n");
+}
+
+# query("key", "index")
+sub query {
+	local('$r @r $result');
+	$r = call("armitage.query", $1, $2)['data'];
+	if ($r ne "") {
+		foreach $result (split("\n", $r)) {
+			push(@r, unpack("o", [msf.Base64 decode: $result])[0]);
+		}
+	}
+	return @r;
+}
+
+# subscribe("key", "index", "1s/5s/10s/15s/30s/1m/5m/10m/15m/20m/30m/60m")
+sub subscribe {
+	on("heartbeat_ $+ $3", lambda({
+		local('$result');
+		foreach $result (query($key, $index)) {
+			fire_event_local($key, $result, $index);
+		}
+	}, $key => $1, $index => $2));
+}
+
 #
 # Shell shock?
 #
@@ -834,7 +867,7 @@ sub m_exec {
 			}, \$command, \$channel, \$buffer));
 		}
 		else {
-			# this is probably ok...
+			fire_event_local("exec_error", $1, $command, ["$3" trim]);
 		}
 	}, \$command));
 }

external/source/armitage/scripts/armitage.sl

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import graph.*;
 
 import java.awt.image.*;
 
-global('$frame $tabs $menubar $msfrpc_handle $REMOTE $cortana $MY_ADDRESS $DESCRIBE @CLOSEME');
+global('$frame $tabs $menubar $msfrpc_handle $REMOTE $cortana $MY_ADDRESS $DESCRIBE @CLOSEME @POOL');
 
 sub describeHost {
 	local('$desc');
@@ -164,13 +164,14 @@ sub _connectToMetasploit {
 				$client = [new MsgRpcImpl: $3, $4, $1, long($2), $null, $debug];
 				$aclient = [new RpcAsync: $client];
 				$mclient = $client;
+				push(@POOL, $aclient);
 				initConsolePool();
 				$DESCRIBE = "localhost";
 			}
 			# we have a team server... connect and authenticate to it.
 			else {
+				[$progress setNote: "Connected: logging in"];
 				$client = c_client($1, $2);
-				setField(^msf.MeterpreterSession, DEFAULT_WAIT => 20000L);
 				$mclient = setup_collaboration($3, $4, $1, $2);
 				$aclient = $mclient;
 
@@ -178,6 +179,17 @@ sub _connectToMetasploit {
 					[$progress close];
 					return;
 				}
+				else {
+					[$progress setNote: "Connected: authenticated"];
+				}
+
+				# create six additional connections to team server... for balancing consoles.
+				local('$x $cc');
+				for ($x = 0; $x < 6; $x++) {
+					$cc = c_client($1, $2);
+					call($cc, "armitage.validate", $3, $4, $null, "cobaltstrike", 120326);
+					push(@POOL, $cc);
+				}
 			}
 			$flag = $null;
 		}

external/source/armitage/scripts/preferences.sl

@@ -57,12 +57,18 @@ sub parseYaml {
 sub loadPreferences {
 	local('$file $prefs');
 	$file = getFileProper(systemProperties()["user.home"], ".armitage.prop");
-	$prefs = [new Properties];
-	if (-exists $file) {
-		[$prefs load: [new java.io.FileInputStream: $file]];
+	if ($__frame__ !is $null && [$__frame__ getPreferences] !is $null) {
+		$prefs = [$__frame__ getPreferences];
 	}
 	else {
-		[$prefs load: resource("resources/armitage.prop")];
+		$prefs = [new Properties];
+		if (-exists $file) {
+			[$prefs load: [new java.io.FileInputStream: $file]];
+		}
+		else {
+			[$prefs load: resource("resources/armitage.prop")];
+		}
+		[$__frame__ setPreferences: $prefs];
 	}
 
 	# parse command line options here.

external/source/armitage/scripts/shell.sl

@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ sub createShellSessionTab {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		$thread = [new ConsoleClient: $console, $client, "session.shell_read", "session.shell_write", $null, $sid, 0];
+		$thread = [new ConsoleClient: $console, rand(@POOL), "session.shell_read", "session.shell_write", $null, $sid, 0];
 		[$frame addTab: "Shell $sid", $console, lambda({ 
 			call_async($mclient, "armitage.unlock", $sid);
 			[$thread kill];

external/source/armitage/scripts/util.sl

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ sub setupEventStyle {
 
 sub createDisplayTab {
 	local('$console $host $queue $file');
-	$queue = [new ConsoleQueue: $client];
+	$queue = [new ConsoleQueue: rand(@POOL)];
 	if ($1 eq "Log Keystrokes") {
 		$console = [new ActivityConsole: $preferences];
 	}
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ sub createConsolePanel {
 	setupConsoleStyle($console);
 
 	$result = call($client, "console.create");
-	$thread = [new ConsoleClient: $console, $aclient, "console.read", "console.write", "console.destroy", $result['id'], $1];
+	$thread = [new ConsoleClient: $console, rand(@POOL), "console.read", "console.write", "console.destroy", $result['id'], $1];
 	[$thread setMetasploitConsole];
 
 	[$thread setSessionListener: {

external/source/armitage/src/armitage/ConsoleClient.java

@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ public class ConsoleClient implements Runnable, ActionListener {
 		Map read;
 		boolean shouldRead = go_read;
 		String command = null;
+		long last = 0;
 
 		try {
 			while (shouldRead) {
@@ -230,21 +231,23 @@ public class ConsoleClient implements Runnable, ActionListener {
 					lastRead = System.currentTimeMillis();
 				}
 
-				read = readResponse();
-
-				if (read == null || "failure".equals( read.get("result") + "" )) {
-					break;
-				}
-
-				processRead(read);
-
-				if ((System.currentTimeMillis() - lastRead) <= 500) {
-					Thread.sleep(10);
+				long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+				if (this.window != null && !this.window.isShowing() && (now - last) < 1500) {
+					/* check if our window is not showing... if not, then we're going to switch to a very reduced
+					   read schedule. */
 				}
 				else {
-					Thread.sleep(500);
+					read = readResponse();
+					if (read == null || "failure".equals( read.get("result") + "" )) {
+						break;
+					}
+
+					processRead(read);
+					last = System.currentTimeMillis();
 				}
 
+				Thread.sleep(100);
+
 				synchronized (listeners) {
 					shouldRead = go_read;
 				}

external/source/armitage/src/cortana/data/Sessions.java

@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ public class Sessions extends ManagedData {
 			}
 		}
 
+		/* calculate the differences and fire some events based on them */
+		Set newSessions = DataUtils.difference(after, before);
+		fireSessionEvents("session_open", newSessions.iterator(), dataz);
+
 		/* calculate sync events and fix the nonsync set */
 		Set newsync = DataUtils.intersection(syncz, nonsync);
 		fireSessionEvents("session_sync", newsync.iterator(), dataz);
@@ -137,11 +141,9 @@ public class Sessions extends ManagedData {
 		/* update our list of non-synced sessions */
 		nonsync.removeAll(syncz);
 
-		/* calculate the differences and fire some events based on them */
-		Set newSessions = DataUtils.difference(after, before);
-		fireSessionEvents("session_open", newSessions.iterator(), dataz);
-
-		newSessions.retainAll(syncz);
+		/* these are sessions that are new and sync'd -- fire events for them... */
+		newSessions.removeAll(newsync); /* we already fired events for these */
+		newSessions.retainAll(syncz);   /* keep anything that is synced */
 		fireSessionEvents("session_sync", newSessions.iterator(), dataz);
 
 		Set droppedSessions = DataUtils.difference(before, after);

external/source/armitage/src/cortana/gui/UIBridge.java

@@ -30,11 +30,16 @@ public class UIBridge implements Loadable, Function {
 		if (name.equals("&later")) {
 			final SleepClosure f = BridgeUtilities.getFunction(args, script);
 			final Stack argz = EventManager.shallowCopy(args);
-			SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
-				public void run() {
-					SleepUtils.runCode(f, "laterz", null, argz);
-				}
-			});
+			if (SwingUtilities.isEventDispatchThread()) {
+				SleepUtils.runCode(f, "laterz", null, argz);
+			}
+			else {
+				SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
+					public void run() {
+						SleepUtils.runCode(f, "laterz", null, argz);
+					}
+				});
+			}
 		}
 
 		return SleepUtils.getEmptyScalar();

external/source/armitage/src/cortana/metasploit/ShellSession.java

@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ public class ShellSession implements Runnable {
 
 			/* loop forever waiting for response to come back. If session is dead
 			   then this loop will break with an exception */
-			while (true) {
+			long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+			while ((System.currentTimeMillis() - start) < 60000) {
 				response = readResponse();
 				String data = (response.get("data") + "");
 
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ public class ShellSession implements Runnable {
 
 				Thread.sleep(100);
 			}
+			System.err.println(session + " -> " + c.text + " (took longer than anticipated, dropping: " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start) + ")");
 		}
 		catch (Exception ex) {
 			System.err.println(session + " -> " + c.text + " ( " + response + ")");

external/source/armitage/src/msf/MeterpreterSession.java

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class MeterpreterSession implements Runnable {
 	protected String        session;
 	protected boolean       teammode;
 
-	public static long DEFAULT_WAIT = 12000;
+	public static long DEFAULT_WAIT = 120000;
 
 	private static class Command {
 		public Object   token;

external/source/armitage/src/msf/RpcConnectionImpl.java

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import javax.xml.transform.*;
 import javax.xml.transform.dom.*;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.*;
 import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import armitage.ArmitageBuffer;
 
 /**
  * This is a modification of msfgui/RpcConnection.java by scriptjunkie. Taken from 
@@ -85,6 +86,22 @@ public abstract class RpcConnectionImpl implements RpcConnection, Async {
 
 	protected HashMap locks = new HashMap();
 	protected String  address = "";
+	protected HashMap buffers = new HashMap();
+
+	/* help implement our remote buffer API for PQS primitives */
+	public ArmitageBuffer getABuffer(String key) {
+		synchronized (buffers) {
+			ArmitageBuffer buffer;
+			if (buffers.containsKey(key)) {
+				buffer = (ArmitageBuffer)buffers.get(key);
+			}
+			else {
+				buffer = new ArmitageBuffer(16384);
+				buffers.put(key, buffer);
+			}
+			return buffer;
+		}
+	}
 
 	public String getLocalAddress() {
 		return address;
@@ -133,6 +150,23 @@ public abstract class RpcConnectionImpl implements RpcConnection, Async {
 			locks.remove(params[0] + "");
 			return new HashMap();
 		}
+		else if (methodName.equals("armitage.publish")) {
+			ArmitageBuffer buffer = getABuffer(params[0] + "");
+			buffer.put(params[1] + "");
+			return new HashMap();
+		}
+		else if (methodName.equals("armitage.query")) {
+			ArmitageBuffer buffer = getABuffer(params[0] + "");
+			String data = (String)buffer.get(params[1] + "");
+			HashMap temp = new HashMap();
+			temp.put("data", data);
+			return temp;
+		}
+		else if (methodName.equals("armitage.reset")) {
+			ArmitageBuffer buffer = getABuffer(params[0] + "");
+			buffer.reset();
+			return new HashMap();
+		}
 		else if (hooks.containsKey(methodName)) {
 			RpcConnection con = (RpcConnection)hooks.get(methodName);
 			return con.execute(methodName, params);

external/source/armitage/src/ui/ATable.java

@@ -10,8 +10,48 @@ import table.*;
 import java.util.*;
 
 public class ATable extends JTable {
+	public static final String indicator = " \u271A";
+
 	protected boolean alternateBackground = false;
 
+	protected int[] selected = null;
+
+	/* call this function to store selections */
+	public void markSelections() {
+		selected = getSelectedRows();
+	}
+
+	public void fixSelection() {
+		if (selected.length == 0)
+			return;
+
+		getSelectionModel().setValueIsAdjusting(true);
+
+		int rowcount = getModel().getRowCount();
+
+		for (int x = 0; x < selected.length; x++) {
+			if (selected[x] < rowcount) {
+				getSelectionModel().addSelectionInterval(selected[x], selected[x]);
+			}
+		}
+
+		getSelectionModel().setValueIsAdjusting(false);
+	}
+
+	/* call this function to restore selections after a table update */
+	public void restoreSelections() {
+		if (!SwingUtilities.isEventDispatchThread()) {
+			SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
+				public void run() {
+					fixSelection();
+				}
+			});
+		}
+		else {
+			fixSelection();
+		}
+	}
+
 	public static TableCellRenderer getDefaultTableRenderer(final JTable table, final TableModel model) {
 		final Set specialitems = new HashSet();
 		specialitems.add("Wordlist");
@@ -39,7 +79,7 @@ public class ATable extends JTable {
 				String content = (value != null ? value : "") + "";
 
 				if (specialitems.contains(content) || content.indexOf("FILE")!= -1) {
-					content = content + " \u271A";
+					content = content + indicator;
 				}
 
 				JComponent c = (JComponent)render.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, content, isSelected, false, row, column);
@@ -117,6 +157,47 @@ public class ATable extends JTable {
 		};
 	}
 
+	public static TableCellRenderer getTimeTableRenderer() {
+		return new TableCellRenderer() {
+			public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column)  {
+				TableCellRenderer render = table.getDefaultRenderer(String.class);
+
+				JComponent c = (JComponent)render.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, "", isSelected, false, row, column);
+
+				try {
+					long size = Long.parseLong(value + "");
+					String units = "ms";
+
+					if (size > 1000) {
+						size = size / 1000;
+						units = "s";
+					}
+					else {
+						((JLabel)c).setText(size + units);
+						return c;
+					}
+
+					if (size > 60) {
+						size = size / 60;
+						units = "m";
+					}
+
+					if (size > 60) {
+						size = size / 60;
+						units = "h";
+					}
+
+					((JLabel)c).setText(size + units);
+				}
+				catch (Exception ex) {
+
+				}
+
+				return c;
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
 	public void adjust() {
 		setShowGrid(false);
 		setIntercellSpacing(new Dimension(0, 0));

external/source/armitage/src/ui/MultiFrame.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public class MultiFrame extends JFrame implements KeyEventDispatcher {
 	protected JPanel              content;
 	protected CardLayout          cards;
 	protected LinkedList          buttons;
+	protected Properties          prefs;
 
 	private static class ArmitageInstance {
 		public ArmitageApplication app;
@@ -24,6 +25,14 @@ public class MultiFrame extends JFrame implements KeyEventDispatcher {
 		public RpcConnection       client;
 	}
 
+	public void setPreferences(Properties prefs) {
+		this.prefs = prefs;
+	}
+
+	public Properties getPreferences() {
+		return prefs;
+	}
+
 	public Map getClients() {
 		synchronized (buttons) {
 			Map r = new HashMap();

external/source/armitage/whatsnew.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
 Armitage Changelog
 ==================
 
+6 Mar 13 (tested against msf ca43900a7)
+--------
+- Active console now gets higher priority when polling msf for output
+- Improved team server responsiveness in high latency situations by 
+  creating additional connections to server to balance messages over
+- Preferences are now shared among each Armitage connection.
+
+Cortana Updates (for scripters)
+--------
+- Added a &publish, &query, &subscribe API to allow inter-script 
+  communication across the team server.
+- Added &table_update to set the contents of a table tab without 
+  disturbing the highlighted rows.
+- Added an exec_error event. Fired when &m_exec or &m_exec_local fail
+  due to an error reported by meterpreter.
+- Fixed a bug that sometimes caused session_sync to fire twice (boo!)
+- Added a 60s timeout to &s_cmd commands. Cortana will give a shell
+  command 60s to execute. If it doesn't finish in that time, Cortana
+  will release the lock on the shell so the user can control it.
+  (ideally, this shouldn't happen... this is a safety mechanism)
+- Changed Meterpreter command timeout to 2m from 12s. This is because
+  https meterpreter might not checkin for up to 60s, if it's been
+  idle for a long time. This will make &m_cmd less likely to timeout
+
 12 Feb 13 (tested against msf 16438)
 ---------
 - Fixed a corner case preventing the display of removed host labels