"Behold, Acherus, the grand citadel of death! It has no equal in this world! Not even the mighty Naxxramas could withstand a direct assault from the Ebon Hold." Instructor Razuvious
Acherus is a containerized hacking environment, based on kali image, and inspired from Exegol and dwn. It aim to simplify deployment and maintainability of an up-to-date hacking environment, with the ability to throw it and recreate it at any time.
Acherus comes with a binary written in Go that act as a docker-client rewrite specifically for Acherus.
This project is a low-cost Exegol, I'm using it because I have fun to and it's implemented with all dotfiles and keybinds I like, but if you are searching for a stronger / stable one, go for Exegol.
To install acherus binary, type the command below.
go install github.com/zblurx/acherus@latest
Note: Make sure that your go binary path is in your PATH variable !
$ acherus init
[*] Pulling Acherus. Can take some time...
[*] Ready !
$ acherus go
root@acherus [/] ~>
$ acherus
Usage:
acherus [command]
Available Commands:
completion generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
destroy Delete targeted container
go Execute and attach to container
help Help about any command
init Build image
list List available container
reset Reset Image
suspend Suspend targeted Acherus Container
Flags:
-h, --help help for acherus
-v, --verbose Verbose mode (usefull for debugging)
Use "acherus [command] --help" for more information about a command.
To list image and containers:
$ acherus list
[*] Image List
|--------------|-----------------------|----------|
| ID | TAGS | SIZE |
|--------------|-----------------------|----------|
| d36dae842e7d | zblurx/acherus:latest | 13.83 GB |
|--------------|-----------------------|----------|
[*] Container List
|----------|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------------|
| NAME | IMAGE | ID | STATUS |
|----------|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------------|
| /acherus | zblurx/acherus:latest | c8c5ca0f476c | Exited (0) 2 minutes ago |
|----------|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------------|
To install Acherus docker image, you can use acherus init:
$ acherus init --help
Build image
Usage:
acherus init [flags]
Flags:
-d, --dockerfile-path string Dockerfile path
-h, --help help for init
-l, --local Load Acherus from a local Dockerfile
Global Flags:
-v, --verbose Verbose mode (usefull for debugging)
$ acherus init
[*] Pulling Acherus. Can take some time...
[*] Ready !
acherus go is the command to create the container and execute commands in it:
$ acherus go --help
Execute and attach to container
Usage:
acherus go [flags]
Flags:
-d, --detach Don't attach to the container
-e, --execute string Execute specific command (default is /bin/bash)
-h, --help help for go
-l, --local Create container based on local image
-m, --mount string Mount directory into acherus container (-m "source:dest")
-n, --nat Nat the container (default is binded to host)
--netadmin Create a container that can interact with network interfaces
--privileged Create a container in privileged mode
--recreate Force creation of the container (if the container already exists, will delete it)
-t, --tag string Tag the specifc container (default "acherus")
Global Flags:
-v, --verbose Verbose mode (usefull for debugging)
$ acherus go
root@acherus [/] ~>
Each container has a shared folder with the host computer, located in ~/.acherus/acherus[-tag] on the host and in /data in the container. Command history is backed up into this directory, so you can access it even outside the container, in addition from Responder and Metasploit logs.
Even if Acherus uses bash, it hold a bunch of keybinds and aliases to speed up everything:
Keybinds:
Ctrl+n -> cd ..
Ctrl+k -> cd /data
Ctrl+r -> fzf history
Aliases:
**Lots of commands**
a="arsenal"
d="cd data"
publicip='curl ifconfig.me'
[...] (Check in runeforge/files/.bash_aliases)Acherus supports GUI applications on Linux. For exemple, you can use firefox, wireshark, bloodhound, and many more !
By default, Acherus bind the container to your host network interfaces. If you want to run the container on it's own network namespace just do:
$ acherus go --nat [...]If, somehow, you need to use an isolated network namespace, but need host network capability (for example, connect to an openvpn server only in the acherus container) there is an option for that:
$ acherus go --nat --netadmin [...]If network is not working anymore after vpn connection, it's dns fault
If you need wifi capabilities, for example to use a specific wifi card, just use the --privileged option:
$ acherus go --privileged
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