shivankar-madaan / brut3k1t

brut3k1t is a framework for bruteforcing variety of protocols and services

brut3k1t

Brute-force framework.

Update: it seems that some people are having issues with selenium on certain services. It has been fixed.

0. Credit

Credit goes out to those who have helped with the overall design and implementation of this project. The original design that inspired me to write a full-out bruteforce project was @chinoogawa, with the original instaBrute design. Thanks!

Credit also to @R3C0Nx00. Smart kid with brilliant penetration testing knowledge.

1. Introduction

brut3k1t is a server-side bruteforce framework that supports dictionary attacks for several protocols. The current protocols that are complete and in support are:

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Protocols:
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ssh
ftp
smtp
xmpp
telnet

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Webbased Services
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instagram
facebook
twitter

2. Installation

Installation is simple. brut3k1t requires several dependencies, which will all be installed by running the installer.py executable in the extras folder.

• argparse - utilized for parsing command line arguments
• paramiko - utilized for working with SSH connections and authentication
• ftplib - utilized for working with FTP connections and authentication
• smtplib - utilized for working with SMTP (email) connections and authentication
• selenium - utilized for web scraping, which is used with Instagram (and later Twitter)
• xmppy - utiized for XMPP connections

Downloading is simple. Simply git clone.

git clone https://github.com/ex0dus-0x/brut3k1t

Change to directory:

cd /path/to/brut3k1t

Run the Installer file (as root)

./installer

3. Troubleshooting

Before you actually send an issue through Github, please look through here before even trying to ask for help.

If you received any errors about dependencies, specifically ImportError: try to manually install the requirements. Here's how:

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Installing dependencies:

sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev

Make sure firefox is installed (default for most OS). If your operating system permits, install firefoxdriver as well.

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Installing pip modules

If you are using Ubuntu and derivatives, make sure to enable the universe repo!

sudo add-apt-repository universe

Install pip, and all the dependencies in requirements.txt.

sudo apt-get install python-pip
sudo pip install -r requirements.txt

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If you are getting an error such as Can't load the profile. Profile Dir: /some/path, or 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH. , that means that selenium can't find the path to Firefox. You are most likely on a non-Kali Linux operating system, and you chos and here's to fix:

First, sudo apt-get remove python-selenium.

• Run the installer.py, this time choosing Ubuntu / Parrot OS i386 or Ubuntu / Parrot OS amd64 depending on your architecture. Running this will ensure that geckodriver will be installed into your PATH.

This sort of issue occurs mostly in non-Kali Linux distributions, even in other Debian-based distros.

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4. Usage

Utilizing brut3k1t is a little more complicated than just running a Python file.

Typing ./brut3k1t -h shows the help menu:

usage: brut3k1t [-h] [-s SERVICE] [-u USERNAME] [-w PASSWORD] [-a ADDRESS]
               [-p PORT] [-d DELAY]

Server-side bruteforce module written in Python

optional arguments:
-h, --help            show this help message and exit
-a ADDRESS, --address ADDRESS
                    Provide host address for specified service. Required
                    for certain protocols
-p PORT, --port PORT  Provide port for host address for specified service.
                    If not specified, will be automatically set
-d DELAY, --delay DELAY
                    Provide the number of seconds the program delays as
                    each password is tried

required arguments:
-s SERVICE, --service SERVICE
                    Provide a service being attacked. Several protocols
                    and services are supported
-u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
                    Provide a valid username for service/protocol being
                    executed
-w PASSWORD, --wordlist PASSWORD
                    Provide a wordlist or directory to a wordlist

5. Examples of usage:

Cracking SSH server running on 192.168.1.3 using root and wordlist.txt as a wordlist.

./brut3k1t -s ssh -a 192.168.1.3 -u root -w wordlist.txt

The program will automatically set the port to 22, but if it is different, specify with -p flag.

Cracking email [email protected] with wordlist.txt on port 25 with a 3 second delay. For email it is necessary to use the SMTP server's address. For e.g Gmail = smtp.gmail.com. You can research this using Google.

./brut3k1t -s smtp -a smtp.gmail.com -u [email protected] -w wordlist.txt -p 25 -d 3

Cracking XMPP [email protected] with wordlist.txt on default port 5222. XMPP also is similar to SMTP, whereas you will need to provide the address of the XMPP server, in this case creep.im.

./brut3k1t -s xmpp -a creep.im -u test -w wordlist.txt

Cracking Facebook requires either the username (preferable, in this case, test), email, phone number, or even ID.

./brut3k1t -s facebook -u test -w wordlist.txt

Cracking Instagram with username test with wordlist wordlist.txt and a 5 second delay

 ./brut3k1t -s instagram -u test -w wordlist.txt -d 5

Cracking Twitter with username test with wordlist wordlist.txt

 ./brut3k1t -s twitter -u test -w wordlist.txt

6. KEY NOTES TO REMEMBER

• If you do not supply the port -p flag, the default port for that service will be used. You do not need to provide it for Facebook and Instagram, since they are um... web-based. :)

• If you do not supply the delay -d flag, the default delay in seconds will be 1.

• Remember, use the SMTP server address and XMPP server address for the address -a flag, when cracking SMTP and XMPP, respectively.

• Make sure the wordlist and its directory is specified. If it is in /usr/local/wordlists/wordlist.txt specify that for the wordlist -w flag.

• Remember that some protocols are not based on their default port. A FTP server will not necessarily always be on port 21. Please keep that in mind.

• Use this for educational and ethical hacking purposes, as well as the sake of learning code and security-oriented practices. No script kiddies!

Thanks for trying out brut3k1t! I've been pretty lazy in terms of development and keeping this code updated and in track, so please PLEASE report any sort of errors that arise (including false-positives).

7. TODO

• Proxy support
• Randomized user agents
• GUI or web-based GUI
• Telnet and HTTP attack vectors

Much more features to come!