Gobuster is a tool used to brute-force: If you're backing us already, you rock. If you're not, that's cool too! Want to back us? Become a backer! All funds that are donated to this project will be donated to charity. A full log of charity donations will be available in this repository as they are processed. See the LICENSE file. We are now shipping binaries for each of the releases so that you don't even have to build them yourself! How wonderful is that! If you're stupid enough to trust binaries that I've put together, you can download them from the releases page. You can also grab a prebuilt docker image from https://github.com/OJ/gobuster/pkgs/container/gobuster If you have a Go environment ready to go (at least go 1.19), it's as easy as: PS: You need at least go 1.19 to compile gobuster. Since this tool is written in Go you need to install the Go language/compiler/etc. Full details of installation and set up can be found on the Go language website. Once installed you have two options. You need at least go 1.19 to compile gobuster. This will create a Help is built-in! Normal sample run goes like this: Show IP sample run goes like this: Base domain validation warning when the base domain fails to resolve. This is a warning rather than a failure in case the user fat-fingers while typing the domain. Wildcard DNS is also detected properly: If the user wants to force processing of a domain that has wildcard entries, use Default options looks like this: Default options with status codes disabled looks like this: Verbose output looks like this: Example showing content length: Quiet output, with status disabled and expanded mode looks like this ("grep mode"): Normal sample run goes like this: Wordlists can be piped into Note: If the You can supply pattern files that will be applied to every word from the wordlist.
Just place the string Caution: Using a big pattern file can cause a lot of request as every pattern is applied to every word in the wordlist. Normal sample run goes like this: Verbose and sample run Extended sample run--exclude-length
no-fqdn
parameter on dns bruteforce to disable the use of the systems search domains. This should speed up the run if you have configured some search domains. https://github.com/OJ/gobuster/pull/418{GOBUSTER}
in it will be replaced with the current wordlist item. Please use with caution as this can cause increase the number of requests issued a lot.p
flag which was assigned to proxy is now used by the pattern flag-m
is now gone!)FUZZ
keyworddocker pull ghcr.io/oj/gobuster:latest
go install github.com/OJ/gobuster/v3@latest
gobuster
has external dependencies, and so they need to be pulled in first:go get && go build
gobuster
binary for you. If you want to install it in the $GOPATH/bin
folder you can run:go install
gobuster help
- outputs the top-level help.gobuster help <mode>
- outputs the help specific to that mode.Uses DNS subdomain enumeration mode
Usage:
gobuster dns [flags]
Flags:
-d, --domain string The target domain
-h, --help help for dns
-r, --resolver string Use custom DNS server (format server.com or server.com:port)
-c, --show-cname Show CNAME records (cannot be used with '-i' option)
-i, --show-ips Show IP addresses
--timeout duration DNS resolver timeout (default 1s)
--wildcard Force continued operation when wildcard found
Global Flags:
--delay duration Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
--no-color Disable color output
--no-error Don't display errors
-z, --no-progress Don't display progress
-o, --output string Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
-p, --pattern string File containing replacement patterns
-q, --quiet Don't print the banner and other noise
-t, --threads int Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
-v, --verbose Verbose output (errors)
-w, --wordlist string Path to the wordlist
gobuster dns -d mysite.com -t 50 -w common-names.txt
gobuster dns -d google.com -w ~/wordlists/subdomains.txt
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Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
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[+] Mode : dns
[+] Url/Domain : google.com
[+] Threads : 10
[+] Wordlist : /home/oj/wordlists/subdomains.txt
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2019/06/21 11:54:20 Starting gobuster
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Found: chrome.google.com
Found: ns1.google.com
Found: admin.google.com
Found: www.google.com
Found: m.google.com
Found: support.google.com
Found: translate.google.com
Found: cse.google.com
Found: news.google.com
Found: music.google.com
Found: mail.google.com
Found: store.google.com
Found: mobile.google.com
Found: search.google.com
Found: wap.google.com
Found: directory.google.com
Found: local.google.com
Found: blog.google.com
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2019/06/21 11:54:20 Finished
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gobuster dns -d google.com -w ~/wordlists/subdomains.txt -i
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Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
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[+] Mode : dns
[+] Url/Domain : google.com
[+] Threads : 10
[+] Wordlist : /home/oj/wordlists/subdomains.txt
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2019/06/21 11:54:54 Starting gobuster
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Found: www.google.com [172.217.25.36, 2404:6800:4006:802::2004]
Found: admin.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:806::200e]
Found: store.google.com [172.217.167.78, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: mobile.google.com [172.217.25.43, 2404:6800:4006:802::200b]
Found: ns1.google.com [216.239.32.10, 2001:4860:4802:32::a]
Found: m.google.com [172.217.25.43, 2404:6800:4006:802::200b]
Found: cse.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:80a::200e]
Found: chrome.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: search.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: local.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:80a::200e]
Found: news.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: blog.google.com [216.58.199.73, 2404:6800:4006:806::2009]
Found: support.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: wap.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: directory.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: translate.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: music.google.com [172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e]
Found: mail.google.com [172.217.25.37, 2404:6800:4006:802::2005]
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2019/06/21 11:54:55 Finished
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gobuster dns -d yp.to -w ~/wordlists/subdomains.txt -i
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Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
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[+] Mode : dns
[+] Url/Domain : yp.to
[+] Threads : 10
[+] Wordlist : /home/oj/wordlists/subdomains.txt
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:56:43 Starting gobuster
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2019/06/21 11:56:53 [-] Unable to validate base domain: yp.to
Found: cr.yp.to [131.193.32.108, 131.193.32.109]
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2019/06/21 11:56:53 Finished
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gobuster dns -d 0.0.1.xip.io -w ~/wordlists/subdomains.txt
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Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
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[+] Mode : dns
[+] Url/Domain : 0.0.1.xip.io
[+] Threads : 10
[+] Wordlist : /home/oj/wordlists/subdomains.txt
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2019/06/21 12:13:48 Starting gobuster
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2019/06/21 12:13:48 [-] Wildcard DNS found. IP address(es): 1.0.0.0
2019/06/21 12:13:48 [!] To force processing of Wildcard DNS, specify the '--wildcard' switch.
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2019/06/21 12:13:48 Finished
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--wildcard
:gobuster dns -d 0.0.1.xip.io -w ~/wordlists/subdomains.txt --wildcard
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Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Mode : dns
[+] Url/Domain : 0.0.1.xip.io
[+] Threads : 10
[+] Wordlist : /home/oj/wordlists/subdomains.txt
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2019/06/21 12:13:51 Starting gobuster
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2019/06/21 12:13:51 [-] Wildcard DNS found. IP address(es): 1.0.0.0
Found: 127.0.0.1.xip.io
Found: test.127.0.0.1.xip.io
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2019/06/21 12:13:53 Finished
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Uses directory/file enumeration mode
Usage:
gobuster dir [flags]
Flags:
-f, --add-slash Append / to each request
-c, --cookies string Cookies to use for the requests
-d, --discover-backup Also search for backup files by appending multiple backup extensions
--exclude-length ints exclude the following content length (completely ignores the status). Supply multiple times to exclude multiple sizes.
-e, --expanded Expanded mode, print full URLs
-x, --extensions string File extension(s) to search for
-r, --follow-redirect Follow redirects
-H, --headers stringArray Specify HTTP headers, -H 'Header1: val1' -H 'Header2: val2'
-h, --help help for dir
--hide-length Hide the length of the body in the output
-m, --method string Use the following HTTP method (default "GET")
-n, --no-status Don't print status codes
-k, --no-tls-validation Skip TLS certificate verification
-P, --password string Password for Basic Auth
--proxy string Proxy to use for requests [http(s)://host:port]
--random-agent Use a random User-Agent string
--retry Should retry on request timeout
--retry-attempts int Times to retry on request timeout (default 3)
-s, --status-codes string Positive status codes (will be overwritten with status-codes-blacklist if set)
-b, --status-codes-blacklist string Negative status codes (will override status-codes if set) (default "404")
--timeout duration HTTP Timeout (default 10s)
-u, --url string The target URL
-a, --useragent string Set the User-Agent string (default "gobuster/3.2.0")
-U, --username string Username for Basic Auth
Global Flags:
--delay duration Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
--no-color Disable color output
--no-error Don't display errors
-z, --no-progress Don't display progress
-o, --output string Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
-p, --pattern string File containing replacement patterns
-q, --quiet Don't print the banner and other noise
-t, --threads int Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
-v, --verbose Verbose output (errors)
-w, --wordlist string Path to the wordlist
gobuster dir -u https://mysite.com/path/to/folder -c 'session=123456' -t 50 -w common-files.txt -x .php,.html
gobuster dir -u https://buffered.io -w ~/wordlists/shortlist.txt
===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Mode : dir
[+] Url/Domain : https://buffered.io/
[+] Threads : 10
[+] Wordlist : /home/oj/wordlists/shortlist.txt
[+] Status codes : 200,204,301,302,307,401,403
[+] User Agent : gobuster/3.2.0
[+] Timeout : 10s
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:49:43 Starting gobuster
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/categories (Status: 301)
/contact (Status: 301)
/posts (Status: 301)
/index (Status: 200)
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2019/06/21 11:49:44 Finished
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gobuster dir -u https://buffered.io -w ~/wordlists/shortlist.txt -n
===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Mode : dir
[+] Url/Domain : https://buffered.io/
[+] Threads : 10
[+] Wordlist : /home/oj/wordlists/shortlist.txt
[+] Status codes : 200,204,301,302,307,401,403
[+] User Agent : gobuster/3.2.0
[+] No status : true
[+] Timeout : 10s
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2019/06/21 11:50:18 Starting gobuster
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/categories
/contact
/index
/posts
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2019/06/21 11:50:18 Finished
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gobuster dir -u https://buffered.io -w ~/wordlists/shortlist.txt -v
===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Mode : dir
[+] Url/Domain : https://buffered.io/
[+] Threads : 10
[+] Wordlist : /home/oj/wordlists/shortlist.txt
[+] Status codes : 200,204,301,302,307,401,403
[+] User Agent : gobuster/3.2.0
[+] Verbose : true
[+] Timeout : 10s
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:50:51 Starting gobuster
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Missed: /alsodoesnotexist (Status: 404)
Found: /index (Status: 200)
Missed: /doesnotexist (Status: 404)
Found: /categories (Status: 301)
Found: /posts (Status: 301)
Found: /contact (Status: 301)
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2019/06/21 11:50:51 Finished
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gobuster dir -u https://buffered.io -w ~/wordlists/shortlist.txt -l
===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Mode : dir
[+] Url/Domain : https://buffered.io/
[+] Threads : 10
[+] Wordlist : /home/oj/wordlists/shortlist.txt
[+] Status codes : 200,204,301,302,307,401,403
[+] User Agent : gobuster/3.2.0
[+] Show length : true
[+] Timeout : 10s
===============================================================
2019/06/21 11:51:16 Starting gobuster
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/categories (Status: 301) [Size: 178]
/posts (Status: 301) [Size: 178]
/contact (Status: 301) [Size: 178]
/index (Status: 200) [Size: 51759]
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2019/06/21 11:51:17 Finished
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gobuster dir -u https://buffered.io -w ~/wordlists/shortlist.txt -q -n -e
https://buffered.io/index
https://buffered.io/contact
https://buffered.io/posts
https://buffered.io/categories
Uses VHOST enumeration mode (you most probably want to use the IP address as the URL parameter)
Usage:
gobuster vhost [flags]
Flags:
--append-domain Append main domain from URL to words from wordlist. Otherwise the fully qualified domains need to be specified in the wordlist.
-c, --cookies string Cookies to use for the requests
--domain string the domain to append when using an IP address as URL. If left empty and you specify a domain based URL the hostname from the URL is extracted
--exclude-length ints exclude the following content length (completely ignores the status). Supply multiple times to exclude multiple sizes.
-r, --follow-redirect Follow redirects
-H, --headers stringArray Specify HTTP headers, -H 'Header1: val1' -H 'Header2: val2'
-h, --help help for vhost
-m, --method string Use the following HTTP method (default "GET")
-k, --no-tls-validation Skip TLS certificate verification
-P, --password string Password for Basic Auth
--proxy string Proxy to use for requests [http(s)://host:port]
--random-agent Use a random User-Agent string
--retry Should retry on request timeout
--retry-attempts int Times to retry on request timeout (default 3)
--timeout duration HTTP Timeout (default 10s)
-u, --url string The target URL
-a, --useragent string Set the User-Agent string (default "gobuster/3.2.0")
-U, --username string Username for Basic Auth
Global Flags:
--delay duration Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
--no-color Disable color output
--no-error Don't display errors
-z, --no-progress Don't display progress
-o, --output string Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
-p, --pattern string File containing replacement patterns
-q, --quiet Don't print the banner and other noise
-t, --threads int Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
-v, --verbose Verbose output (errors)
-w, --wordlist string Path to the wordlist
gobuster vhost -u https://mysite.com -w common-vhosts.txt
gobuster vhost -u https://mysite.com -w common-vhosts.txt
===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Url: https://mysite.com
[+] Threads: 10
[+] Wordlist: common-vhosts.txt
[+] User Agent: gobuster/3.2.0
[+] Timeout: 10s
===============================================================
2019/06/21 08:36:00 Starting gobuster
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Found: www.mysite.com
Found: piwik.mysite.com
Found: mail.mysite.com
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2019/06/21 08:36:05 Finished
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Uses fuzzing mode
Usage:
gobuster fuzz [flags]
Flags:
-c, --cookies string Cookies to use for the requests
--exclude-length ints exclude the following content length (completely ignores the status). Supply multiple times to exclude multiple sizes.
-b, --excludestatuscodes string Negative status codes (will override statuscodes if set)
-r, --follow-redirect Follow redirects
-H, --headers stringArray Specify HTTP headers, -H 'Header1: val1' -H 'Header2: val2'
-h, --help help for fuzz
-m, --method string Use the following HTTP method (default "GET")
-k, --no-tls-validation Skip TLS certificate verification
-P, --password string Password for Basic Auth
--proxy string Proxy to use for requests [http(s)://host:port]
--random-agent Use a random User-Agent string
--retry Should retry on request timeout
--retry-attempts int Times to retry on request timeout (default 3)
--timeout duration HTTP Timeout (default 10s)
-u, --url string The target URL
-a, --useragent string Set the User-Agent string (default "gobuster/3.2.0")
-U, --username string Username for Basic Auth
Global Flags:
--delay duration Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
--no-color Disable color output
--no-error Don't display errors
-z, --no-progress Don't display progress
-o, --output string Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
-p, --pattern string File containing replacement patterns
-q, --quiet Don't print the banner and other noise
-t, --threads int Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
-v, --verbose Verbose output (errors)
-w, --wordlist string Path to the wordlist
gobuster fuzz -u https://example.com?FUZZ=test -w parameter-names.txt
Uses aws bucket enumeration mode
Usage:
gobuster s3 [flags]
Flags:
-h, --help help for s3
-m, --maxfiles int max files to list when listing buckets (only shown in verbose mode) (default 5)
-k, --no-tls-validation Skip TLS certificate verification
--proxy string Proxy to use for requests [http(s)://host:port]
--random-agent Use a random User-Agent string
--retry Should retry on request timeout
--retry-attempts int Times to retry on request timeout (default 3)
--timeout duration HTTP Timeout (default 10s)
-a, --useragent string Set the User-Agent string (default "gobuster/3.2.0")
Global Flags:
--delay duration Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
--no-color Disable color output
--no-error Don't display errors
-z, --no-progress Don't display progress
-o, --output string Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
-p, --pattern string File containing replacement patterns
-q, --quiet Don't print the banner and other noise
-t, --threads int Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
-v, --verbose Verbose output (errors)
-w, --wordlist string Path to the wordlist
gobuster s3 -w bucket-names.txt
Uses gcs bucket enumeration mode
Usage:
gobuster gcs [flags]
Flags:
-h, --help help for gcs
-m, --maxfiles int max files to list when listing buckets (only shown in verbose mode) (default 5)
-k, --no-tls-validation Skip TLS certificate verification
--proxy string Proxy to use for requests [http(s)://host:port]
--random-agent Use a random User-Agent string
--retry Should retry on request timeout
--retry-attempts int Times to retry on request timeout (default 3)
--timeout duration HTTP Timeout (default 10s)
-a, --useragent string Set the User-Agent string (default "gobuster/3.2.0")
Global Flags:
--delay duration Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
--no-color Disable color output
--no-error Don't display errors
-z, --no-progress Don't display progress
-o, --output string Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
-p, --pattern string File containing replacement patterns
-q, --quiet Don't print the banner and other noise
-t, --threads int Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
-v, --verbose Verbose output (errors)
-w, --wordlist string Path to the wordlist
gobuster gcs -w bucket-names.txt
Uses TFTP enumeration mode
Usage:
gobuster tftp [flags]
Flags:
-h, --help help for tftp
-s, --server string The target TFTP server
--timeout duration TFTP timeout (default 1s)
Global Flags:
--delay duration Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
--no-color Disable color output
--no-error Don't display errors
-z, --no-progress Don't display progress
-o, --output string Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
-p, --pattern string File containing replacement patterns
-q, --quiet Don't print the banner and other noise
-t, --threads int Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
-v, --verbose Verbose output (errors)
-w, --wordlist string Path to the wordlist
gobuster tftp -s tftp.example.com -w common-filenames.txt
gobuster
via stdin by providing a -
to the -w
option:hashcat -a 3 --stdout ?l | gobuster dir -u https://mysite.com -w -
-w
option is specified at the same time as piping from STDIN, an error will be shown and the program will terminate.{GOBUSTER}
in it and this will be replaced with the word.
This feature is also handy in s3 mode to pre- or postfix certain patterns.{GOBUSTER}Partial
{GOBUSTER}Service
PRE{GOBUSTER}POST
{GOBUSTER}-prod
{GOBUSTER}-dev
curl -s --output - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eth0izzle/bucket-stream/master/permutations/extended.txt | sed -s 's/%s/{GOBUSTER}/' > patterns.txt
gobuster s3 --wordlist my.custom.wordlist -p patterns.txt -v
PS C:\Users\firefart\Documents\code\gobuster> .\gobuster.exe s3 --wordlist .\wordlist.txt
===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Threads: 10
[+] Wordlist: .\wordlist.txt
[+] User Agent: gobuster/3.2.0
[+] Timeout: 10s
[+] Maximum files to list: 5
===============================================================
2019/08/12 21:48:16 Starting gobuster in S3 bucket enumeration mode
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webmail
hacking
css
img
www
dav
web
localhost
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2019/08/12 21:48:17 Finished
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PS C:\Users\firefart\Documents\code\gobuster> .\gobuster.exe s3 --wordlist .\wordlist.txt -v
===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Threads: 10
[+] Wordlist: .\wordlist.txt
[+] User Agent: gobuster/3.2.0
[+] Verbose: true
[+] Timeout: 10s
[+] Maximum files to list: 5
===============================================================
2019/08/12 21:49:00 Starting gobuster in S3 bucket enumeration mode
===============================================================
www [Error: All access to this object has been disabled (AllAccessDisabled)]
hacking [Error: Access Denied (AccessDenied)]
css [Error: All access to this object has been disabled (AllAccessDisabled)]
webmail [Error: All access to this object has been disabled (AllAccessDisabled)]
img [Bucket Listing enabled: GodBlessPotomac1.jpg (1236807b), HOMEWORKOUTAUDIO.zip (203908818b), ProductionInfo.xml (11946b), Start of Perpetual Motion Logo-1.mp3 (621821b), addressbook.gif (3115b)]
web [Error: Access Denied (AccessDenied)]
dav [Error: All access to this object has been disabled (AllAccessDisabled)]
localhost [Error: Access Denied (AccessDenied)]
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2019/08/12 21:49:01 Finished
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PS C:\Users\firefart\Documents\code\gobuster> .\gobuster.exe s3 --wordlist .\wordlist.txt -e
===============================================================
Gobuster v3.2.0
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Threads: 10
[+] Wordlist: .\wordlist.txt
[+] User Agent: gobuster/3.2.0
[+] Timeout: 10s
[+] Expanded: true
[+] Maximum files to list: 5
===============================================================
2019/08/12 21:48:38 Starting gobuster in S3 bucket enumeration mode
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http://css.s3.amazonaws.com/
http://www.s3.amazonaws.com/
http://webmail.s3.amazonaws.com/
http://hacking.s3.amazonaws.com/
http://img.s3.amazonaws.com/
http://web.s3.amazonaws.com/
http://dav.s3.amazonaws.com/
http://localhost.s3.amazonaws.com/
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2019/08/12 21:48:38 Finished
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