Ducky-in-the-middle: Injecting keystrokes into plaintext protocols

Presented at NolaCon 2018, May 19, 2018, 5:30 p.m. (Unknown duration).

This talk will cover the basics of protocol analysis using Wireshark and lead into analyzing two custom application protocols used for extending the mouse and keyboard of a remote system. The two applications covered are HippoRemote, and iOS app to use a iPhone as a trackpad and keyboard, and Synergy, an application to allow for control of multiple operating systems with one mouse and keyboard. By performing a MITM attack, an attacker can abuse this protocols to send keystokes to a remote machine to gain remote code execution similar to a USB rubber ducky attack. The talk will also discuss mitigations and open source code will be provided for exploitation. The target audience should have a basic understanding of Wireshark, ARP spoofing, and reverse shells. Additional info: https://www.n00py.io/2017/01/control-your-mac-with-an-iphone-app-an-analysis-of-hipporemote/ https://www.n00py.io/2017/03/compromising-synergy-clients-with-a-rogue-synergy-server/ https://github.com/n00py/AngryHippo - Exploiting the HippoConnect protocol for HippoRemote https://github.com/n00py/Dissonance - Rogue Synergy server

Presenters:

  • Esteban Rodriguez
    I am a Security Consultant at Coalfire Labs. I primarily perform network and web application penetration testing. I worked previously at Apple Inc performing intrusion analysis and incident response. Outside of work I blog at n00py.io and perform independent security research. I have authored multiple penetration testing tools and have presented at Bsides Puerto Rico covering penetration testing techniques.

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