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bigbrother/modules/passive/ldap_harvester.py
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Cobra ffd384f64b Strip OPSEC tool identity fingerprints
Replace all sensor.* logger namespaces with __name__ (generic module
identifiers instead of discoverable 'sensor.*' prefixes).

Change hardcoded 'bb' API user to 'admin' in config and code defaults.

Change hardcoded relay_user 'bb' to 'operator' — prevents network
profiling from exposing tool identity via SSH config.

Fixes #457, #458, #459
2026-04-08 22:18:35 -04:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""LDAP query harvester — passive Active Directory object inventory.
Parses LDAP SearchRequest and SearchResultEntry messages on port 389/3268
using BER/ASN.1 decoding. Extracts user objects (sAMAccountName, mail,
memberOf), group objects, computer objects, GPOs, SPNs, and detects
LAPS password reads (ms-Mcs-AdmPwd attribute access).
"""
import json
import logging
import os
import socket
import sqlite3
import struct
import threading
import time
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Optional
from modules.base import BaseModule
from utils.credential_encryption import emit_credential_found
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# LDAP protocol tags
TAG_SEQUENCE = 0x30
TAG_INTEGER = 0x02
TAG_OCTET_STRING = 0x04
TAG_ENUMERATED = 0x0A
TAG_SET = 0x31
TAG_BOOLEAN = 0x01
# LDAP application tags (context-specific constructed)
LDAP_SEARCH_REQUEST = 0x63 # APPLICATION[3] CONSTRUCTED
LDAP_SEARCH_RESULT_ENTRY = 0x64 # APPLICATION[4] CONSTRUCTED
LDAP_SEARCH_RESULT_DONE = 0x65 # APPLICATION[5] CONSTRUCTED
# Interesting attributes (case-insensitive)
INTERESTING_ATTRS = {
"samaccountname", "userprincipalname", "mail", "memberof",
"distinguishedname", "objectclass", "cn", "name",
"serviceprincipalname", "description", "operatingsystem",
"dnshostname", "managedby", "gplink", "gpcfilesyspath",
"ms-mcs-admpwd", # LAPS password
"ms-mcs-admpwdexpirationtime",
"unicodepwd", "userpassword",
}
_DB_INIT = """
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ldap_objects (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
timestamp REAL NOT NULL,
dn TEXT DEFAULT '',
object_class TEXT DEFAULT '',
sam_account_name TEXT DEFAULT '',
attributes_json TEXT DEFAULT '{}',
source_ip TEXT NOT NULL
);
CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_ldap_sam ON ldap_objects(sam_account_name);
CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_ldap_class ON ldap_objects(object_class);
CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_ldap_ts ON ldap_objects(timestamp);
"""
FLUSH_INTERVAL = 45
class LDAPHarvester(BaseModule):
"""Passively harvest AD objects from LDAP traffic."""
name = "ldap_harvester"
module_type = "passive"
priority = 100
requires_root = True
requires_capture_bus = True
def __init__(self, bus, state, config, engine=None):
super().__init__(bus, state, config, engine)
self._capture_bus = None
self._sub_queue = None
self._read_thread: Optional[threading.Thread] = None
self._flush_thread: Optional[threading.Thread] = None
self._db_path = self._resolve_db_path()
self._db_conn: Optional[sqlite3.Connection] = None
self._write_buffer: list[tuple] = []
self._buffer_lock = threading.Lock()
self._seen_dns: set = set() # Dedup by DN
self._stats = {
"packets_processed": 0,
"search_requests": 0,
"result_entries": 0,
"users_found": 0,
"groups_found": 0,
"computers_found": 0,
"spns_found": 0,
"laps_reads_detected": 0,
}
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# BaseModule interface
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
def start(self) -> None:
if self._running:
return
self._init_db()
self._capture_bus = self.config.get("_capture_bus")
if self._capture_bus is None:
logger.error("LDAPHarvester requires _capture_bus in config")
return
self._sub_queue = self._capture_bus.subscribe(
name=self.name, bpf_filter="port 389 or port 3268", queue_depth=5000
)
self._running = True
self._start_time = time.time()
self._pid = os.getpid()
self._read_thread = threading.Thread(
target=self._read_loop, daemon=True, name="sensor-ldap-read"
)
self._read_thread.start()
self._flush_thread = threading.Thread(
target=self._flush_loop, daemon=True, name="sensor-ldap-flush"
)
self._flush_thread.start()
self.state.set_module_status(self.name, "running", pid=self._pid)
self.bus.emit("MODULE_STARTED", {"module": self.name}, source_module=self.name)
logger.info("LDAPHarvester started")
def stop(self) -> None:
if not self._running:
return
self._running = False
if self._capture_bus:
self._capture_bus.unsubscribe(self.name)
for t in (self._read_thread, self._flush_thread):
if t and t.is_alive():
t.join(timeout=5.0)
self._flush_buffer()
if self._db_conn:
self._db_conn.close()
self._db_conn = None
self.state.set_module_status(self.name, "stopped")
self.bus.emit("MODULE_STOPPED", {"module": self.name}, source_module=self.name)
logger.info("LDAPHarvester stopped — stats: %s", self._stats)
def status(self) -> dict:
return {
"running": self._running,
"pid": self._pid,
"uptime": time.time() - self._start_time if self._start_time else 0,
**self._stats,
}
def configure(self, config: dict) -> None:
self.config.update(config)
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# Packet processing
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
def _read_loop(self) -> None:
while self._running:
result = self._sub_queue.get(timeout=1.0)
if result is None:
continue
ts, pkt = result
self._stats["packets_processed"] += 1
try:
self._process_packet(pkt, ts)
except Exception:
logger.debug("Error processing LDAP packet", exc_info=True)
def _process_packet(self, pkt: bytes, ts: float) -> None:
"""Extract TCP payload and parse LDAP messages."""
if len(pkt) < 54:
return
ethertype = struct.unpack("!H", pkt[12:14])[0]
eth_offset = 14
if ethertype == 0x8100:
if len(pkt) < 58:
return
ethertype = struct.unpack("!H", pkt[16:18])[0]
eth_offset = 18
if ethertype != 0x0800:
return
ip_header = pkt[eth_offset:]
if len(ip_header) < 20:
return
ihl = (ip_header[0] & 0x0F) * 4
ip_proto = ip_header[9]
if ip_proto != 6:
return
src_ip = socket.inet_ntoa(ip_header[12:16])
if len(ip_header) < ihl + 20:
return
tcp_data_off = ((ip_header[ihl + 12] >> 4) & 0xF) * 4
payload = ip_header[ihl + tcp_data_off:]
if len(payload) < 5:
return
self._parse_ldap_messages(payload, src_ip, ts)
def _parse_ldap_messages(self, data: bytes, src_ip: str, ts: float) -> None:
"""Parse one or more LDAP messages from a TCP payload."""
pos = 0
while pos < len(data) - 2:
if data[pos] != TAG_SEQUENCE:
break
msg_len, len_size = self._read_ber_length(data[pos + 1:])
if msg_len <= 0:
break
msg_start = pos + 1 + len_size
msg_end = msg_start + msg_len
if msg_end > len(data):
break
msg_body = data[msg_start:msg_end]
self._parse_ldap_message(msg_body, src_ip, ts)
pos = msg_end
def _parse_ldap_message(self, msg: bytes, src_ip: str, ts: float) -> None:
"""Parse a single LDAP message (after outer SEQUENCE)."""
if len(msg) < 5:
return
# Message ID (INTEGER)
if msg[0] != TAG_INTEGER:
return
id_len = msg[1]
if id_len < 1 or 2 + id_len >= len(msg):
return
op_start = 2 + id_len
if op_start >= len(msg):
return
op_tag = msg[op_start]
op_len, op_len_size = self._read_ber_length(msg[op_start + 1:])
if op_len <= 0:
return
op_body = msg[op_start + 1 + op_len_size:op_start + 1 + op_len_size + op_len]
if op_tag == LDAP_SEARCH_REQUEST:
self._handle_search_request(op_body, src_ip, ts)
elif op_tag == LDAP_SEARCH_RESULT_ENTRY:
self._handle_search_result_entry(op_body, src_ip, ts)
def _handle_search_request(self, body: bytes, src_ip: str, ts: float) -> None:
"""Parse SearchRequest for base DN and filter."""
self._stats["search_requests"] += 1
# BaseObject (OCTET STRING)
base_dn = self._read_octet_string(body, 0)
if base_dn is None:
return
# Check if requesting LAPS password
body_str = body.decode("ascii", errors="replace").lower()
if "ms-mcs-admpwd" in body_str:
self._stats["laps_reads_detected"] += 1
logger.warning("LAPS password read detected from %s (base DN: %s)", src_ip, base_dn)
emit_credential_found(self.bus, self.name, {
"source": "laps_read",
"source_ip": src_ip,
"base_dn": base_dn,
"detail": "LAPS password attribute requested in LDAP search",
})
def _handle_search_result_entry(self, body: bytes, src_ip: str,
ts: float) -> None:
"""Parse SearchResultEntry to extract DN and attributes."""
self._stats["result_entries"] += 1
# ObjectName (OCTET STRING) = DN
dn = self._read_octet_string(body, 0)
if dn is None:
return
# Skip past the DN OCTET STRING
dn_tag_len, _ = self._skip_tlv(body, 0)
if dn_tag_len < 0:
return
# Attributes (SEQUENCE OF PartialAttribute)
attrs = {}
attr_data = body[dn_tag_len:]
if len(attr_data) < 2 or attr_data[0] != TAG_SEQUENCE:
# May be in a different format
pass
else:
attr_seq_len, attr_len_size = self._read_ber_length(attr_data[1:])
attr_body = attr_data[1 + attr_len_size:]
self._parse_partial_attributes(attr_body, attr_seq_len, attrs)
# Classify object
object_class = ""
sam = attrs.get("samaccountname", "")
classes = attrs.get("objectclass", "")
classes_lower = classes.lower() if isinstance(classes, str) else ""
if "user" in classes_lower or "person" in classes_lower:
object_class = "user"
self._stats["users_found"] += 1
elif "group" in classes_lower:
object_class = "group"
self._stats["groups_found"] += 1
elif "computer" in classes_lower:
object_class = "computer"
self._stats["computers_found"] += 1
elif "grouppolicycontainer" in classes_lower:
object_class = "gpo"
# Track SPNs
if "serviceprincipalname" in attrs:
self._stats["spns_found"] += 1
# Dedup
if dn in self._seen_dns:
return
self._seen_dns.add(dn)
if len(self._seen_dns) > 50000:
self._seen_dns.clear()
# Filter to interesting attributes only
filtered_attrs = {
k: v for k, v in attrs.items()
if k.lower() in INTERESTING_ATTRS
}
self._record_object(ts, dn, object_class, sam, filtered_attrs, src_ip)
def _parse_partial_attributes(self, data: bytes, max_len: int,
attrs: dict) -> None:
"""Parse SEQUENCE OF PartialAttribute."""
pos = 0
while pos < min(len(data), max_len) - 2:
if data[pos] != TAG_SEQUENCE:
break
seq_len, seq_len_size = self._read_ber_length(data[pos + 1:])
if seq_len <= 0:
break
attr_body = data[pos + 1 + seq_len_size:pos + 1 + seq_len_size + seq_len]
self._parse_single_attribute(attr_body, attrs)
pos += 1 + seq_len_size + seq_len
def _parse_single_attribute(self, data: bytes, attrs: dict) -> None:
"""Parse a single PartialAttribute (type + SET OF values)."""
# AttributeDescription (OCTET STRING)
attr_name = self._read_octet_string(data, 0)
if attr_name is None:
return
name_total, _ = self._skip_tlv(data, 0)
if name_total < 0:
return
# Values (SET OF AttributeValue)
val_data = data[name_total:]
if len(val_data) < 2 or val_data[0] != TAG_SET:
return
set_len, set_len_size = self._read_ber_length(val_data[1:])
if set_len <= 0:
return
set_body = val_data[1 + set_len_size:]
values = []
vpos = 0
while vpos < min(len(set_body), set_len) - 2:
val = self._read_octet_string(set_body, vpos)
if val is not None:
values.append(val)
total, _ = self._skip_tlv(set_body, vpos)
if total <= 0:
break
vpos += total
if len(values) == 1:
attrs[attr_name.lower()] = values[0]
elif values:
attrs[attr_name.lower()] = "; ".join(values)
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# BER helpers
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
@staticmethod
def _read_ber_length(data: bytes) -> tuple:
"""Read BER length. Returns (length, bytes_consumed)."""
if not data:
return (0, 0)
first = data[0]
if first < 0x80:
return (first, 1)
num_bytes = first & 0x7F
if num_bytes == 0 or len(data) < 1 + num_bytes:
return (0, 0)
length = 0
for i in range(num_bytes):
length = (length << 8) | data[1 + i]
return (length, 1 + num_bytes)
def _read_octet_string(self, data: bytes, offset: int) -> Optional[str]:
"""Read an OCTET STRING at offset. Returns decoded string or None."""
if offset >= len(data) - 1:
return None
tag = data[offset]
if tag != TAG_OCTET_STRING:
return None
length, len_size = self._read_ber_length(data[offset + 1:])
if length <= 0:
return None
start = offset + 1 + len_size
if start + length > len(data):
return None
try:
return data[start:start + length].decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
except Exception:
return None
def _skip_tlv(self, data: bytes, offset: int) -> tuple:
"""Skip past a TLV element. Returns (total_bytes, tag)."""
if offset >= len(data):
return (-1, 0)
tag = data[offset]
length, len_size = self._read_ber_length(data[offset + 1:])
if length < 0:
return (-1, 0)
total = 1 + len_size + length
return (total, tag)
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# Database
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
def _resolve_db_path(self) -> str:
base = self.config.get("db_dir", os.path.join(
os.path.expanduser("~"), ".implant"
))
return os.path.join(base, "ldap_harvester.db")
def _init_db(self) -> None:
Path(self._db_path).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
self._db_conn = sqlite3.connect(self._db_path, check_same_thread=False)
self._db_conn.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
self._db_conn.execute("PRAGMA synchronous=NORMAL")
self._db_conn.executescript(_DB_INIT)
self._db_conn.commit()
def _record_object(self, ts: float, dn: str, object_class: str,
sam: str, attrs: dict, src_ip: str) -> None:
with self._buffer_lock:
self._write_buffer.append((
ts, dn, object_class, sam, json.dumps(attrs), src_ip
))
def _flush_buffer(self) -> None:
with self._buffer_lock:
batch = list(self._write_buffer)
self._write_buffer.clear()
if not batch or not self._db_conn:
return
try:
with self._db_conn:
self._db_conn.executemany(
"""INSERT INTO ldap_objects
(timestamp, dn, object_class, sam_account_name,
attributes_json, source_ip)
VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)""",
batch,
)
except Exception:
logger.exception("Failed to flush LDAP objects")
def _flush_loop(self) -> None:
while self._running:
time.sleep(FLUSH_INTERVAL)
try:
self._flush_buffer()
except Exception:
logger.exception("Flush loop error")