AutoRecon

https://github.com/Tib3rius/AutoRecon

I was introduced to this tool while I was busy with my OSCP course. And although it was primarily made to help during OSCP exams, on small external and/or internal whitebox engagements, I tend to run this tool (with a modified config) to look for any low-hanging fruit while I go about my normal testing.

On Kali Linux, it’s very simple to install, and the README.md even has copy and paste commands. But when installing it on any other distro, i.e. on a Linode Ubuntu VPS, there are a few more steps involved.

The VPS

I like making use of Linode because they have servers for as little as $5 per month. Use my referral link, and you can get $100 added to your account for free when you sign up.

When I signed up this time, I decided to try out Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

The initial steps

The following steps can be copied and pasted while logged in as root.

I normally use these VPS setups as a disposable pen-testing platform and delete them after each engagement. For that reason, I just leave all the tooling in the /root directory and pretty much run everything as the user root.

Get the system updated

apt update
apt dist-upgrade
apt install python3
apt install python3-pip

Install the packages that are part of Ubuntu’s repo

apt install curl gobuster nbtscan nikto nmap onesixtyone redis-tools smbclient smbmap snmp sslscan sipvicious whatweb wkhtmltopdf dnsrecon python3-impacket

Install SecLists wordlists from github

git clone https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists
ln -s /root/SecLists /usr/share/seclists

Install enum4linux from github

git clone https://github.com/CiscoCXSecurity/enum4linux
ln -s /root/enum4linux/enum4linux.pl /usr/bin/enum4linux

Install feroxbuster from github

wget https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster/releases/download/2.7.0/x86_64-linux-feroxbuster.tar.gz
tar zxvf x86_64-linux-feroxbuster.tar.gz
ln -s /root/feroxbuster /usr/bin/feroxbuster
chmod a+x /root/feroxbuster

The installation

Now we can get to install AutoRecon.

git clone https://github.com/Tib3rius/AutoRecon
cd AutoRecon
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt