Medusa

A modular and parallel login brute-forcer for a variety of protocols. More information: https://manned.org/medusa.

  • Execute brute force against an FTP server using a file containing usernames and a file containing passwords:

medusa -M ftp -h host -U path/to/username_file -P path/to/password_file

  • Execute a login attempt against an HTTP server using the username, password and user-agent specified:

medusa -M HTTP -h host -u username -p password -m USER-AGENT:"Agent"

  • Execute a brute force against a MySQL server using a file containing usernames and a hash:

medusa -M mysql -h host -U path/to/username_file -p hash -m PASS:HASH

  • Execute a brute force against a list of SMB servers using a username and a pwdump file:

medusa -M smbnt -H path/to/hosts_file -C path/to/pwdump_file -u username -m PASS:HASH