HTTP Client Basic Authentication Credential Collector
Description
This module responds to all requests for resources with a HTTP 401. This should cause most browsers to prompt for a credential. If the user enters Basic Auth creds they are sent to the console. This may be helpful in some phishing expeditions where it is possible to embed a resource into a page. This attack is discussed in Chapter 3 of The Tangled Web by Michal Zalewski.
Author(s)
- saint patrick <saintpatrick@l1pht.com>
Development
Module Options
To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
msf > use auxiliary/server/capture/http_basic
msf auxiliary(http_basic) > show actions
...actions...
msf auxiliary(http_basic) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(http_basic) > show options
...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(http_basic) > run 
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