GitHacker

Desciption

This is a multiple threads tool to exploit the .git folder leakage vulnerability. It is able to download the target .git folder almost completely. This tool also works when the DirectoryListings feature is disabled by brute forcing common .git folder files.

With GitHacker’s help, you can view the developer’s commit history, branches, …, stashes, which makes a better understanding of the target repo, even to find security vulnerabilities.

PROCLAMATION (IMPORTANT)

Several VULNERABILITIES have been reported recently, if you are using
GitHacker <= 1.1.0, please update your tool as soon as possible.

The remote .git folder maybe malicious, so to prevent you from being attacked.
It’s highly recommended that you SHOULD run this tool under a disposable jailed environment
(eg: Docker container).

Requirments

• git >= 2.11.0
• Python 3

Usage in Docker (Recommended)

# print help info
docker run wangyihang/githacker --help
# quick start
docker run -v $(pwd)/results:/tmp/githacker/results wangyihang/githacker --output-folder /tmp/githacker/results --url http://127.0.0.1/.git/
# brute for the name of branchs / tags
docker run -v $(pwd)/results:/tmp/githacker/results wangyihang/githacker --brute --output-folder /tmp/githacker/results --url http://127.0.0.1/.git/
# exploit multiple websites, one site per line
docker run -v $(pwd)/results:/tmp/githacker/results wangyihang/githacker --brute --output-folder /tmp/githacker/results --url-file websites.txt 

Usage

# install
python3 -m pip install -i https://pypi.org/simple/ GitHacker
# print help info
githacker --help
# quick start
githacker --url http://127.0.0.1/.git/ --output-folder result
# brute for the name of branchs / tags
githacker --brute --url http://127.0.0.1/.git/ --output-folder result
# exploit multiple websites, one site per line
githacker --brute --url-file websites.txt --output-folder result

Comparison of other tools

2021-05-25

DirectoryIndex enabled in Web Server

Tools	Source Code	Reflogs	Stashes	Commits	Branches	Remotes	Tags
GitTools	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
dvcs-ripper	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
GitHack	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
git-dumper	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
GitHacker	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

DirectoryIndex disabled in Web Server

💪 means brute-forcing.

Tools	Source Code	Reflogs	Stashes	Commits	Branches	Remotes	Tags
GitTools	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
dvcs-ripper	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
GitHack	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
git-dumper	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
GitHacker	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	💪	✔️	💪

Example

TODO

• [x] Download packed files firstly (Unsolvable via StackOverflow)
• [x] Fix infinit downloading 404 files, #25
• [x] Fix error when master branch not exists, #18
• [x] Extract branch names from .git/logs/HEAD, #18
• [x] Publish Docker image to hub.docker.com
• [x] Add Dockerfile
• [x] Fix stash files missing due to the fix of #21, #23, #24 (git clone can’t download stash files)
• [x] Use python f’string in test.py
• [x] Download tags and branches when Index enabled
• [x] Try common tags and branches when Index disabled
• [x] find packed refs

Test

Setup Development Environment

# Install docker and docker-compose
apt install docker-desktop
apt install docker-compose

# Download GitHacker
git clone https://github.com/WangYihang/GitHacker
cd GitHacker
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Run tests

# Generate testing repo
python utils/gen.py

# Run testcases
sudo su
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python utils/test.py
exit

# Diff results
python utils/diff.py

Check report

See test/report/YYYY-MM-DD/index.html

Videos

asciinema

YouTube

• 【.git/ folder attack】Comparison of attack tools (Part I)
• 【.git/ folder attack】Comparison of attack tools (Part II)

Security Issues

2021-08-01 Fixed: Malicious .git folder maybe harmful to the user of this tool (Reported by Driver Tom)

• 别想偷我源码：通用的针对源码泄露利用程序的反制（常见工具集体沦陷）

2022-03-01 Fixed: Arbitrary file write via recursive file downloader (Reported by Justin Steven)

• To be released

2022-03-01 Fixed: Remote Code Execution via malicious .git/config and .git/hooks/* files (Reported by Justin Steven)

• To be released

References

• Git Repository Layout
• Git Documents
• Git Pack filename

Acknowledgement

• @Justin Steven
• @Driver Tom
• @lesion1999
• @shashade250

Licsence

THE DRINKWARE LICENSE

<[email protected]> wrote this file. As long as 
you retain this :x:tice you can do whatever you want 
with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think 
this stuff is worth it, you can buy me the following
drink(s) in return.

Red Bull
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Coffee
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Cola
Harbin Beer
etc

Wang Yihang