gobuster

Directory/File, DNS and VHost busting tool written in Go

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Quick Overview

Gobuster is a versatile directory/file, DNS, and VHost busting tool written in Go. It's designed to help security professionals and penetration testers enumerate web servers and DNS domains by brute-forcing names and directories. Gobuster is known for its speed and efficiency in performing these tasks.

Pros

Fast and efficient due to its implementation in Go
Supports multiple modes: directory/file busting, DNS subdomain enumeration, and virtual host discovery
Highly customizable with numerous command-line options
Active development and community support

Cons

Can be noisy and potentially trigger intrusion detection systems
Requires wordlists for effective use, which may need to be curated or obtained separately
May produce false positives in some scenarios
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Getting Started

To get started with Gobuster, follow these steps:

Install Gobuster:

go install github.com/OJ/gobuster/v3@latest

Basic directory busting:

gobuster dir -u https://example.com -w /path/to/wordlist.txt

DNS subdomain enumeration:

gobuster dns -d example.com -w /path/to/subdomains.txt

Virtual host discovery:

gobuster vhost -u https://example.com -w /path/to/vhosts.txt

For more advanced usage and options, refer to the official documentation on the GitHub repository.

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Code Comparison

ffuf:

matcher := filter.NewMatcher(options.Matchers, options.MatcherMode)
filter := filter.NewFilter(options.Filters, options.FilterMode)

Gobuster:

wordlist, err := gobusterdir.NewWordlist(options.Wordlist, options.WLDirect)
if err != nil {
    return fmt.Errorf("failed to create wordlist: %w", err)
}

Both tools are written in Go and utilize similar concepts for handling wordlists and filtering. However, ffuf's code structure allows for more advanced filtering and matching capabilities, while Gobuster's approach is more straightforward and easier to understand for beginners.

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Cons of dirsearch

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Less optimized for handling large-scale scans efficiently

Code Comparison

dirsearch:

def recursive_scan(self, base_path):
    for item in self.dictionary:
        new_path = base_path + "/" + item
        self.scan(new_path)

Gobuster:

func (g *Gobuster) worker(ctx context.Context, wordChan <-chan string, resultChan chan<- Result) {
    for {
        select {
        case <-ctx.Done():
            return
        case word := <-wordChan:
            g.processWord(ctx, word, resultChan)
        }
    }
}

The code snippets showcase the different approaches to scanning. dirsearch uses a recursive function for directory traversal, while Gobuster employs a worker-based concurrent model for improved performance.

Both tools are effective for directory and file brute-forcing, with dirsearch offering more built-in features and flexibility, while Gobuster excels in speed and efficiency for larger scans.

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Cons of httpx

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Code Comparison

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    Methods:         methods,
    Retries:         retries,
    Threads:         threads,
    Timeout:         timeout,
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    CustomHeaders:   customHeaders,
    FollowRedirects: followRedirects,
})

gobuster:

gobuster := libgobuster.NewGobuster(globalopts, opts)
if err := gobuster.Run(); err != nil {
    fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error on running gobuster: %s\n", err)
    os.Exit(1)
}

Both tools are written in Go and offer command-line interfaces for web enumeration tasks. httpx focuses on HTTP probing and analysis, while gobuster specializes in directory and file brute-forcing. httpx provides more flexibility and detailed output, making it suitable for complex scanning scenarios. gobuster, on the other hand, offers a simpler approach for targeted enumeration tasks.

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Code Comparison

assetfinder:

func main() {
    domain := flag.String("domain", "", "The domain to find assets for")
    flag.Parse()
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}

gobuster:

func main() {
    globalopts := parseGlobalOptions()
    plugin := parsePlugin(globalopts)
    ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
    defer cancel()
    plugin.Run(ctx, globalopts)
}

The code snippets show that assetfinder is more focused on subdomain discovery, while gobuster offers a plugin-based architecture for various enumeration tasks. gobuster's design allows for greater flexibility in performing different types of scans, whereas assetfinder is specialized for asset discovery.

Both tools are valuable for reconnaissance, with assetfinder excelling in subdomain enumeration and gobuster providing a more versatile platform for various enumeration tasks. The choice between them depends on the specific requirements of the security assessment or penetration testing engagement.

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Cons of Nuclei

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Code Comparison

Gobuster (basic directory scanning):

gobuster dir -u https://example.com -w wordlist.txt

Nuclei (basic vulnerability scanning):

id: example-vuln
info:
  name: Example Vulnerability Check
  severity: medium
requests:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/vulnerable-endpoint"
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "vulnerable response"

Gobuster is more straightforward for simple directory enumeration, while Nuclei offers a powerful template-based approach for comprehensive vulnerability scanning. Gobuster excels in speed and simplicity for specific tasks, whereas Nuclei provides greater flexibility and extensibility for a wide range of security checks.

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Cons of Aquatone

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Less focused on pure directory and file brute-forcing

Code Comparison

Aquatone (Ruby):

def run_takeover_detection
  @hosts.each do |host|
    @takeover_detectors.each do |detector|
      if detector.match?(host)
        output("Potential subdomain takeover detected on #{host}")
      end
    end
  end
end

Gobuster (Go):

func (e *Extender) Extend(g *Gobuster) error {
    g.Opts.Expanded = true
    g.Opts.NoStatus = false
    g.Opts.Quiet = false
    return nil
}

While both tools are used for web enumeration, they serve different purposes. Gobuster focuses on efficient directory and file brute-forcing, while Aquatone offers a broader range of features for domain enumeration and visual reconnaissance. Gobuster is generally faster and more straightforward, while Aquatone provides more comprehensive analysis capabilities at the cost of speed and simplicity.

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README

Gobuster

Gobuster is a tool used to brute-force:

URIs (directories and files) in web sites.
DNS subdomains (with wildcard support).
Virtual Host names on target web servers.
Open Amazon S3 buckets
Open Google Cloud buckets
TFTP servers

Tags, Statuses, etc

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Changes

3.6

Wordlist offset parameter to skip x lines from the wordlist
prevent double slashes when building up an url in dir mode
allow for multiple values and ranges on --exclude-length
no-fqdn parameter on dns bruteforce to disable the use of the systems search domains. This should speed up the run if you have configured some search domains. https://github.com/OJ/gobuster/pull/418

3.5

Allow Ranges in status code and status code blacklist. Example: 200,300-305,404

3.4

Enable TLS1.0 and TLS1.1 support
Add TFTP mode to search for files on tftp servers

3.3

Support TLS client certificates / mtls
support loading extensions from file
support fuzzing POST body, HTTP headers and basic auth
new option to not canonicalize header names

3.2

Use go 1.19
use contexts in the correct way
get rid of the wildcard flag (except in DNS mode)
color output
retry on timeout
google cloud bucket enumeration
fix nil reference errors

3.1

enumerate public AWS S3 buckets
fuzzing mode
specify HTTP method
added support for patterns. You can now specify a file containing patterns that are applied to every word, one by line. Every occurrence of the term {GOBUSTER} in it will be replaced with the current wordlist item. Please use with caution as this can cause increase the number of requests issued a lot.
The shorthand p flag which was assigned to proxy is now used by the pattern flag

3.0

New CLI options so modes are strictly separated (-m is now gone!)
Performance Optimizations and better connection handling
Ability to enumerate vhost names
Option to supply custom HTTP headers

License

See the LICENSE file.

Manual

Available Modes

dir - the classic directory brute-forcing mode
dns - DNS subdomain brute-forcing mode
s3 - Enumerate open S3 buckets and look for existence and bucket listings
gcs - Enumerate open google cloud buckets
vhost - virtual host brute-forcing mode (not the same as DNS!)
fuzz - some basic fuzzing, replaces the FUZZ keyword
tftp - bruteforce tftp files

Easy Installation

Binary Releases

We are now shipping binaries for each of the releases so that you don't even have to build them yourself! How wonderful is that!

If you're stupid enough to trust binaries that I've put together, you can download them from the releases page.

Docker

You can also grab a prebuilt docker image from https://github.com/OJ/gobuster/pkgs/container/gobuster

docker pull ghcr.io/oj/gobuster:latest

Using `go install`

If you have a Go environment ready to go (at least go 1.19), it's as easy as:

go install github.com/OJ/gobuster/v3@latest

PS: You need at least go 1.19 to compile gobuster.

Building From Source

Since this tool is written in Go you need to install the Go language/compiler/etc. Full details of installation and set up can be found on the Go language website. Once installed you have two options. You need at least go 1.19 to compile gobuster.

Compiling

gobuster has external dependencies, and so they need to be pulled in first:

go get && go build

This will create a gobuster binary for you. If you want to install it in the $GOPATH/bin folder you can run:

go install

Modes

Help is built-in!

gobuster help - outputs the top-level help.
gobuster help <mode> - outputs the help specific to that mode.

`dns` Mode

Options

Uses DNS subdomain enumeration mode

Usage:
  gobuster dns [flags]

Flags:
  -d, --domain string      The target domain
  -h, --help               help for dns
  -r, --resolver string    Use custom DNS server (format server.com or server.com:port)
  -c, --show-cname         Show CNAME records (cannot be used with '-i' option)
  -i, --show-ips           Show IP addresses
      --timeout duration   DNS resolver timeout (default 1s)
      --wildcard           Force continued operation when wildcard found

Global Flags:
      --delay duration    Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
      --no-color          Disable color output
      --no-error          Don't display errors
  -z, --no-progress       Don't display progress
  -o, --output string     Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
  -p, --pattern string    File containing replacement patterns
  -q, --quiet             Don't print the banner and other noise
  -t, --threads int       Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
  -v, --verbose           Verbose output (errors)
  -w, --wordlist string   Path to the wordlist

Examples

gobuster dns -d mysite.com -t 50 -w common-names.txt

Normal sample run goes like this:

gobuster dns -d google.com -w ~/wordlists/subdomains.txt

===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Mode         : dns
[+] Url/Domain   : google.com
[+] Threads      : 10
[+] Wordlist     : /home/oj/wordlists/subdomains.txt
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:54:20 Starting gobuster
===============================================================
Found: chrome.google.com
Found: ns1.google.com
Found: admin.google.com
Found: www.google.com
Found: m.google.com
Found: support.google.com
Found: translate.google.com
Found: cse.google.com
Found: news.google.com
Found: music.google.com
Found: mail.google.com
Found: store.google.com
Found: mobile.google.com
Found: search.google.com
Found: wap.google.com
Found: directory.google.com
Found: local.google.com
Found: blog.google.com
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:54:20 Finished
===============================================================

Show IP sample run goes like this:

gobuster dns -d google.com -w ~/wordlists/subdomains.txt -i

===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Mode         : dns
[+] Url/Domain   : google.com
[+] Threads      : 10
[+] Wordlist     : /home/oj/wordlists/subdomains.txt
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:54:54 Starting gobuster
===============================================================
Found: www.google.com [172.217.25.36, 2404:6800:4006:802::2004]
Found: admin.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:806::200e]
Found: store.google.com [172.217.167.78, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: mobile.google.com [172.217.25.43, 2404:6800:4006:802::200b]
Found: ns1.google.com [216.239.32.10, 2001:4860:4802:32::a]
Found: m.google.com [172.217.25.43, 2404:6800:4006:802::200b]
Found: cse.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:80a::200e]
Found: chrome.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: search.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: local.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:80a::200e]
Found: news.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: blog.google.com [216.58.199.73, 2404:6800:4006:806::2009]
Found: support.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: wap.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: directory.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: translate.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: music.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: mail.google.com [172.217.25.37, 2404:6800:4006:802::2005]
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:54:55 Finished
===============================================================

Base domain validation warning when the base domain fails to resolve. This is a warning rather than a failure in case the user fat-fingers while typing the domain.

gobuster dns -d yp.to -w ~/wordlists/subdomains.txt -i

===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Mode         : dns
[+] Url/Domain   : yp.to
[+] Threads      : 10
[+] Wordlist     : /home/oj/wordlists/subdomains.txt
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:56:43 Starting gobuster
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:56:53 [-] Unable to validate base domain: yp.to
Found: cr.yp.to [131.193.32.108, 131.193.32.109]
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:56:53 Finished
===============================================================

Wildcard DNS is also detected properly:

gobuster dns -d 0.0.1.xip.io -w ~/wordlists/subdomains.txt

===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Mode         : dns
[+] Url/Domain   : 0.0.1.xip.io
[+] Threads      : 10
[+] Wordlist     : /home/oj/wordlists/subdomains.txt
===============================================================
2019/06/21 12:13:48 Starting gobuster
===============================================================
2019/06/21 12:13:48 [-] Wildcard DNS found. IP address(es): 1.0.0.0
2019/06/21 12:13:48 [!] To force processing of Wildcard DNS, specify the '--wildcard' switch.
===============================================================
2019/06/21 12:13:48 Finished
===============================================================

If the user wants to force processing of a domain that has wildcard entries, use --wildcard:

gobuster dns -d 0.0.1.xip.io -w ~/wordlists/subdomains.txt --wildcard

===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Mode         : dns
[+] Url/Domain   : 0.0.1.xip.io
[+] Threads      : 10
[+] Wordlist     : /home/oj/wordlists/subdomains.txt
===============================================================
2019/06/21 12:13:51 Starting gobuster
===============================================================
2019/06/21 12:13:51 [-] Wildcard DNS found. IP address(es): 1.0.0.0
Found: 127.0.0.1.xip.io
Found: test.127.0.0.1.xip.io
===============================================================
2019/06/21 12:13:53 Finished
===============================================================

`dir` Mode

Options

Uses directory/file enumeration mode

Usage:
  gobuster dir [flags]

Flags:
  -f, --add-slash                       Append / to each request
  -c, --cookies string                  Cookies to use for the requests
  -d, --discover-backup                 Also search for backup files by appending multiple backup extensions
      --exclude-length ints             exclude the following content length (completely ignores the status). Supply multiple times to exclude multiple sizes.
  -e, --expanded                        Expanded mode, print full URLs
  -x, --extensions string               File extension(s) to search for
  -r, --follow-redirect                 Follow redirects
  -H, --headers stringArray             Specify HTTP headers, -H 'Header1: val1' -H 'Header2: val2'
  -h, --help                            help for dir
      --hide-length                     Hide the length of the body in the output
  -m, --method string                   Use the following HTTP method (default "GET")
  -n, --no-status                       Don't print status codes
  -k, --no-tls-validation               Skip TLS certificate verification
  -P, --password string                 Password for Basic Auth
      --proxy string                    Proxy to use for requests [http(s)://host:port]
      --random-agent                    Use a random User-Agent string
      --retry                           Should retry on request timeout
      --retry-attempts int              Times to retry on request timeout (default 3)
  -s, --status-codes string             Positive status codes (will be overwritten with status-codes-blacklist if set)
  -b, --status-codes-blacklist string   Negative status codes (will override status-codes if set) (default "404")
      --timeout duration                HTTP Timeout (default 10s)
  -u, --url string                      The target URL
  -a, --useragent string                Set the User-Agent string (default "gobuster/3.2.0")
  -U, --username string                 Username for Basic Auth

Global Flags:
      --delay duration    Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
      --no-color          Disable color output
      --no-error          Don't display errors
  -z, --no-progress       Don't display progress
  -o, --output string     Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
  -p, --pattern string    File containing replacement patterns
  -q, --quiet             Don't print the banner and other noise
  -t, --threads int       Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
  -v, --verbose           Verbose output (errors)
  -w, --wordlist string   Path to the wordlist

Examples

gobuster dir -u https://mysite.com/path/to/folder -c 'session=123456' -t 50 -w common-files.txt -x .php,.html

Default options looks like this:

gobuster dir -u https://buffered.io -w ~/wordlists/shortlist.txt

===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Mode         : dir
[+] Url/Domain   : https://buffered.io/
[+] Threads      : 10
[+] Wordlist     : /home/oj/wordlists/shortlist.txt
[+] Status codes : 200,204,301,302,307,401,403
[+] User Agent   : gobuster/3.2.0
[+] Timeout      : 10s
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:49:43 Starting gobuster
===============================================================
/categories (Status: 301)
/contact (Status: 301)
/posts (Status: 301)
/index (Status: 200)
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:49:44 Finished
===============================================================

Default options with status codes disabled looks like this:

gobuster dir -u https://buffered.io -w ~/wordlists/shortlist.txt -n

===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Mode         : dir
[+] Url/Domain   : https://buffered.io/
[+] Threads      : 10
[+] Wordlist     : /home/oj/wordlists/shortlist.txt
[+] Status codes : 200,204,301,302,307,401,403
[+] User Agent   : gobuster/3.2.0
[+] No status    : true
[+] Timeout      : 10s
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:50:18 Starting gobuster
===============================================================
/categories
/contact
/index
/posts
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:50:18 Finished
===============================================================

Verbose output looks like this:

gobuster dir -u https://buffered.io -w ~/wordlists/shortlist.txt -v

===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Mode         : dir
[+] Url/Domain   : https://buffered.io/
[+] Threads      : 10
[+] Wordlist     : /home/oj/wordlists/shortlist.txt
[+] Status codes : 200,204,301,302,307,401,403
[+] User Agent   : gobuster/3.2.0
[+] Verbose      : true
[+] Timeout      : 10s
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:50:51 Starting gobuster
===============================================================
Missed: /alsodoesnotexist (Status: 404)
Found: /index (Status: 200)
Missed: /doesnotexist (Status: 404)
Found: /categories (Status: 301)
Found: /posts (Status: 301)
Found: /contact (Status: 301)
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:50:51 Finished
===============================================================

Example showing content length:

gobuster dir -u https://buffered.io -w ~/wordlists/shortlist.txt -l

===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Mode         : dir
[+] Url/Domain   : https://buffered.io/
[+] Threads      : 10
[+] Wordlist     : /home/oj/wordlists/shortlist.txt
[+] Status codes : 200,204,301,302,307,401,403
[+] User Agent   : gobuster/3.2.0
[+] Show length  : true
[+] Timeout      : 10s
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:51:16 Starting gobuster
===============================================================
/categories (Status: 301) [Size: 178]
/posts (Status: 301) [Size: 178]
/contact (Status: 301) [Size: 178]
/index (Status: 200) [Size: 51759]
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:51:17 Finished
===============================================================

Quiet output, with status disabled and expanded mode looks like this ("grep mode"):

gobuster dir -u https://buffered.io -w ~/wordlists/shortlist.txt -q -n -e
https://buffered.io/index
https://buffered.io/contact
https://buffered.io/posts
https://buffered.io/categories

`vhost` Mode

Options

Uses VHOST enumeration mode (you most probably want to use the IP address as the URL parameter)

Usage:
  gobuster vhost [flags]

Flags:
      --append-domain         Append main domain from URL to words from wordlist. Otherwise the fully qualified domains need to be specified in the wordlist.
  -c, --cookies string        Cookies to use for the requests
      --domain string         the domain to append when using an IP address as URL. If left empty and you specify a domain based URL the hostname from the URL is extracted
      --exclude-length ints   exclude the following content length (completely ignores the status). Supply multiple times to exclude multiple sizes.
  -r, --follow-redirect       Follow redirects
  -H, --headers stringArray   Specify HTTP headers, -H 'Header1: val1' -H 'Header2: val2'
  -h, --help                  help for vhost
  -m, --method string         Use the following HTTP method (default "GET")
  -k, --no-tls-validation     Skip TLS certificate verification
  -P, --password string       Password for Basic Auth
      --proxy string          Proxy to use for requests [http(s)://host:port]
      --random-agent          Use a random User-Agent string
      --retry                 Should retry on request timeout
      --retry-attempts int    Times to retry on request timeout (default 3)
      --timeout duration      HTTP Timeout (default 10s)
  -u, --url string            The target URL
  -a, --useragent string      Set the User-Agent string (default "gobuster/3.2.0")
  -U, --username string       Username for Basic Auth

Global Flags:
      --delay duration    Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
      --no-color          Disable color output
      --no-error          Don't display errors
  -z, --no-progress       Don't display progress
  -o, --output string     Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
  -p, --pattern string    File containing replacement patterns
  -q, --quiet             Don't print the banner and other noise
  -t, --threads int       Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
  -v, --verbose           Verbose output (errors)
  -w, --wordlist string   Path to the wordlist

Examples

gobuster vhost -u https://mysite.com -w common-vhosts.txt

Normal sample run goes like this:

gobuster vhost -u https://mysite.com -w common-vhosts.txt

===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Url:          https://mysite.com
[+] Threads:      10
[+] Wordlist:     common-vhosts.txt
[+] User Agent:   gobuster/3.2.0
[+] Timeout:      10s
===============================================================
2019/06/21 08:36:00 Starting gobuster
===============================================================
Found: www.mysite.com
Found: piwik.mysite.com
Found: mail.mysite.com
===============================================================
2019/06/21 08:36:05 Finished
===============================================================

`fuzz` Mode

Options

Uses fuzzing mode

Usage:
  gobuster fuzz [flags]

Flags:
  -c, --cookies string              Cookies to use for the requests
      --exclude-length ints         exclude the following content length (completely ignores the status). Supply multiple times to exclude multiple sizes.
  -b, --excludestatuscodes string   Negative status codes (will override statuscodes if set)
  -r, --follow-redirect             Follow redirects
  -H, --headers stringArray         Specify HTTP headers, -H 'Header1: val1' -H 'Header2: val2'
  -h, --help                        help for fuzz
  -m, --method string               Use the following HTTP method (default "GET")
  -k, --no-tls-validation           Skip TLS certificate verification
  -P, --password string             Password for Basic Auth
      --proxy string                Proxy to use for requests [http(s)://host:port]
      --random-agent                Use a random User-Agent string
      --retry                       Should retry on request timeout
      --retry-attempts int          Times to retry on request timeout (default 3)
      --timeout duration            HTTP Timeout (default 10s)
  -u, --url string                  The target URL
  -a, --useragent string            Set the User-Agent string (default "gobuster/3.2.0")
  -U, --username string             Username for Basic Auth

Global Flags:
      --delay duration    Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
      --no-color          Disable color output
      --no-error          Don't display errors
  -z, --no-progress       Don't display progress
  -o, --output string     Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
  -p, --pattern string    File containing replacement patterns
  -q, --quiet             Don't print the banner and other noise
  -t, --threads int       Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
  -v, --verbose           Verbose output (errors)
  -w, --wordlist string   Path to the wordlist

Examples

gobuster fuzz -u https://example.com?FUZZ=test -w parameter-names.txt

`s3` Mode

Options

Uses aws bucket enumeration mode

Usage:
  gobuster s3 [flags]

Flags:
  -h, --help                 help for s3
  -m, --maxfiles int         max files to list when listing buckets (only shown in verbose mode) (default 5)
  -k, --no-tls-validation    Skip TLS certificate verification
      --proxy string         Proxy to use for requests [http(s)://host:port]
      --random-agent         Use a random User-Agent string
      --retry                Should retry on request timeout
      --retry-attempts int   Times to retry on request timeout (default 3)
      --timeout duration     HTTP Timeout (default 10s)
  -a, --useragent string     Set the User-Agent string (default "gobuster/3.2.0")

Global Flags:
      --delay duration    Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
      --no-color          Disable color output
      --no-error          Don't display errors
  -z, --no-progress       Don't display progress
  -o, --output string     Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
  -p, --pattern string    File containing replacement patterns
  -q, --quiet             Don't print the banner and other noise
  -t, --threads int       Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
  -v, --verbose           Verbose output (errors)
  -w, --wordlist string   Path to the wordlist

Examples

gobuster s3 -w bucket-names.txt

`gcs` Mode

Options

Uses gcs bucket enumeration mode

Usage:
  gobuster gcs [flags]

Flags:
  -h, --help                 help for gcs
  -m, --maxfiles int         max files to list when listing buckets (only shown in verbose mode) (default 5)
  -k, --no-tls-validation    Skip TLS certificate verification
      --proxy string         Proxy to use for requests [http(s)://host:port]
      --random-agent         Use a random User-Agent string
      --retry                Should retry on request timeout
      --retry-attempts int   Times to retry on request timeout (default 3)
      --timeout duration     HTTP Timeout (default 10s)
  -a, --useragent string     Set the User-Agent string (default "gobuster/3.2.0")

Global Flags:
      --delay duration    Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
      --no-color          Disable color output
      --no-error          Don't display errors
  -z, --no-progress       Don't display progress
  -o, --output string     Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
  -p, --pattern string    File containing replacement patterns
  -q, --quiet             Don't print the banner and other noise
  -t, --threads int       Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
  -v, --verbose           Verbose output (errors)
  -w, --wordlist string   Path to the wordlist

Examples

gobuster gcs -w bucket-names.txt

`tftp` Mode

Options

Uses TFTP enumeration mode

Usage:
  gobuster tftp [flags]

Flags:
  -h, --help               help for tftp
  -s, --server string      The target TFTP server
      --timeout duration   TFTP timeout (default 1s)

Global Flags:
      --delay duration    Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
      --no-color          Disable color output
      --no-error          Don't display errors
  -z, --no-progress       Don't display progress
  -o, --output string     Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
  -p, --pattern string    File containing replacement patterns
  -q, --quiet             Don't print the banner and other noise
  -t, --threads int       Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
  -v, --verbose           Verbose output (errors)
  -w, --wordlist string   Path to the wordlist

Examples

gobuster tftp -s tftp.example.com -w common-filenames.txt

Wordlists via STDIN

Wordlists can be piped into gobuster via stdin by providing a - to the -w option:

hashcat -a 3 --stdout ?l | gobuster dir -u https://mysite.com -w -

Note: If the -w option is specified at the same time as piping from STDIN, an error will be shown and the program will terminate.

Patterns

You can supply pattern files that will be applied to every word from the wordlist. Just place the string {GOBUSTER} in it and this will be replaced with the word. This feature is also handy in s3 mode to pre- or postfix certain patterns.

Caution: Using a big pattern file can cause a lot of request as every pattern is applied to every word in the wordlist.

Example file

{GOBUSTER}Partial
{GOBUSTER}Service
PRE{GOBUSTER}POST
{GOBUSTER}-prod
{GOBUSTER}-dev

Use case in combination with patterns

Create a custom wordlist for the target containing company names and so on
Create a pattern file to use for common bucket names.

curl -s --output - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eth0izzle/bucket-stream/master/permutations/extended.txt | sed -s 's/%s/{GOBUSTER}/' > patterns.txt

Run gobuster with the custom input. Be sure to turn verbose mode on to see the bucket details

gobuster s3 --wordlist my.custom.wordlist -p patterns.txt -v

Normal sample run goes like this:

PS C:\Users\firefart\Documents\code\gobuster> .\gobuster.exe s3 --wordlist .\wordlist.txt
===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Threads:                 10
[+] Wordlist:                .\wordlist.txt
[+] User Agent:              gobuster/3.2.0
[+] Timeout:                 10s
[+] Maximum files to list:   5
===============================================================
2019/08/12 21:48:16 Starting gobuster in S3 bucket enumeration mode
===============================================================
webmail
hacking
css
img
www
dav
web
localhost
===============================================================
2019/08/12 21:48:17 Finished
===============================================================

Verbose and sample run

PS C:\Users\firefart\Documents\code\gobuster> .\gobuster.exe s3 --wordlist .\wordlist.txt -v
===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Threads:                 10
[+] Wordlist:                .\wordlist.txt
[+] User Agent:              gobuster/3.2.0
[+] Verbose:                 true
[+] Timeout:                 10s
[+] Maximum files to list:   5
===============================================================
2019/08/12 21:49:00 Starting gobuster in S3 bucket enumeration mode
===============================================================
www [Error: All access to this object has been disabled (AllAccessDisabled)]
hacking [Error: Access Denied (AccessDenied)]
css [Error: All access to this object has been disabled (AllAccessDisabled)]
webmail [Error: All access to this object has been disabled (AllAccessDisabled)]
img [Bucket Listing enabled: GodBlessPotomac1.jpg (1236807b), HOMEWORKOUTAUDIO.zip (203908818b), ProductionInfo.xml (11946b), Start of Perpetual Motion Logo-1.mp3 (621821b), addressbook.gif (3115b)]
web [Error: Access Denied (AccessDenied)]
dav [Error: All access to this object has been disabled (AllAccessDisabled)]
localhost [Error: Access Denied (AccessDenied)]
===============================================================
2019/08/12 21:49:01 Finished
===============================================================

Extended sample run

PS C:\Users\firefart\Documents\code\gobuster> .\gobuster.exe s3 --wordlist .\wordlist.txt -e
===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Threads:                 10
[+] Wordlist:                .\wordlist.txt
[+] User Agent:              gobuster/3.2.0
[+] Timeout:                 10s
[+] Expanded:                true
[+] Maximum files to list:   5
===============================================================
2019/08/12 21:48:38 Starting gobuster in S3 bucket enumeration mode
===============================================================
http://css.s3.amazonaws.com/
http://www.s3.amazonaws.com/
http://webmail.s3.amazonaws.com/
http://hacking.s3.amazonaws.com/
http://img.s3.amazonaws.com/
http://web.s3.amazonaws.com/
http://dav.s3.amazonaws.com/
http://localhost.s3.amazonaws.com/
===============================================================
2019/08/12 21:48:38 Finished
===============================================================

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