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Medusa

A modular and parallel login brute-forcer for a variety of protocols.

• 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 a 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 cointaining 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