Install and Use Cisco-Torch Hacking Tool
Cisco Torch is a mass scanning, fingerprinting, and exploitation tool. It can be used to exploit Cisco router.
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Install Cisco-Torch
It’s a default tool of Kali. You can also install it manually:
# Debian distros
sudo apt-get install cisco-torch
Options
Run this command to see all available options:
cisco-torch
#or
cisco-torch -h
The options:
-O <output file>
-A All fingerprint scan types combined
-t Cisco Telnetd scan
-s Cisco SSHd scan
-u Cisco SNMP scan
-g Cisco config or tftp file download
-n NTP fingerprinting scan
-j TFTP fingerprinting scan
-l loglevel
c critical (default)
v verbose
d debug
-w Cisco Webserver scan
-z Cisco IOS HTTP Authorization Vulnerability Scan
-c Cisco Webserver with SSL support scan
-b Password dictionary attack (use with -s, -u, -c, -w , -j or -t only)
-V Print tool version and exit
Capabilities
It can scan for the following types of services:
- SSH
- SNMP
- Telnet
- NTP & TFTP Fingerprinting
- Cisco Webservers
- Cisco Webserver with SSL Support Scan
- Cisco IOS HTTP Authorization Vulnerability Scan
Usage Examples
The command syntax:
cisco-torch <options> <IP,hostname,network>
# or
cisco-torch <options> -F <hostlist>
Run all fingerprint and scan types against the desired host:
cisco-torch -A 10.1.1.54
Scan an entire network or subnet:
cisco-torch -A 10.1.1.0/24
Run a dictionary attack against the host:
cisco-torch -t -b 10.1.1.54
That’s it. Thanks for reading.
Md Obydullah
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