Python script fails to run

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I won’t give the machine name away but when I try to run a python script. I get the following error

python3 48506.py http://ip address of machine
File “48506.py”, line 48
print Style.BRIGHT+Fore.RED+"[!] "+Fore.RESET+“Could not connect to the webshell.”+Style.RESET_ALL

SyntaxError: missing parentheses in call to ‘print’. Did you mean print (Style.BRIGHT+Fore.RED+"[!] "+Fore.RESET+“Could not connect to the webshell.”+Style.RESET_ALL)?

Now I’ve gone into the script and added the parentheses but that throws an error too.

Any help would be amazing!

2

Apparently, the script had been written for Python2, and you are now trying to run it with Python3.
The most-notable changes between the 2 versions are the print() function which requires parentheses; and many functions defaulting to byte-streams instead of strings.

Without knowing what the new error is, it is hard to suggest any fixes, though :wink:
I mean, the easiest would be running the script with Python2, of course.

3

This is discussed quite a bit in the thread for the machine in question - you might find your answer is already there.

However, I’d draw your attention to this line on the exploit:

# Exploit Tested Using: Python 2.7.17

I’d bet you haven’t gone through it and converted it to python3 syntax.

4

I suppose the script is written for python2 instead of python3, which requires parentheses for print as it is a function in python3, and not a statement as in python 2. But more things have changed so only adding the parantheses won’t fix it most of the time.

So try running it with python2.

5

Had the same issue, looks like this script is written for another version of Python. I let you guess what you have to do

6

Hey guys, thanks for that! I converted it to Python3 and it worked