Simple scapy script not sending packet - python

I have the most simple scapy script possible but It is not working. Please help:
import scapy.all as scapy
def scan(ip):
scapy.arping(ip)
scan("192.169.11.117")
When it runs I get this:
Begin emission:
Finished sending 1 packets.
Received 0 packets, got 0 answers, remaining 1 packets
How can I fix this and actually get answers?

Problem #1
You are likely using the wrong subnet. Private subnets (RFC 1918) are
10.0.0.0/8
172.16.0.0/12
192.168.0.0/16
You probably meant to do this, which is a private IP address
scan("192.168.11.117")
and not this
scan("192.169.11.117")
which is a public IP address. It's also possible that you own this public subnet, in which case this is not relevant.
Problem #2
The remote host may not be responding because it doesn't exist at that address. Make sure to double check that the target whose IP you are using in arping is online and accessible.
You can check arp mappings on *nix and windows by using arp -a on your command line
$ arp -a
? (192.168.1.111) at 0:1b:78:20:ee:40 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.112) at a4:77:33:88:92:62 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.117) at 6c:33:a9:42:6a:18 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
...
for the target IP to make sure that a scapy arping should resolve.
If you are trying to do an ARP scan, then you should look at Cukic0'ds answer.

That's not how you use it.
Have a look at the doc:
https://scapy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html#arp-ping
arping("192.169.11.*")
You should look up what an ARP scan is. You don't just send a packet to a single IP, but to a range (using a submask).

Related

Sending packet with python and scapy to local address doesn't work

I am trying to send a udp packet to a local ip address. This is my example code:
from scapy.all import *
if __name__ == "__main__":
send(IP(dst="127.0.0.1")/UDP(sport=19600,dport=39600)/"abc")
I've started netcat to catch what I am going to send:
nc -ul 39600
Then I am executing the code:
python3 example_scapy_send.py
Nothing is received by the listening netcat.
At the same time I have started wireshark and I can see the packet is sent.
If I send a packet using netcat it is ariving on the listening netcat.
usr#dev:/home/usr# nc -u 127.0.0.1 39600
test
Wireshark:
The only difference I can see is that at layer 2 - destination address is multicast/broadcast when sent with scapy and unicast when sent with netcat. But this is not something I can control.
If I sent the same packet with scapy to another ip on the network (another host) the packet is received (by netcat). So the issue applies only if I am sending to a local address. Tested with any local ip. Not only 127.0.0.1. I've also tested with sendp and sr scapy functions but the result is the same.
Something more: if I've started another scapy script to listen to UDP/39600 (instead of netcat) I can see/I am receiving the packet I've sent.
Any ideas what is wrong?
tests done under ubuntu/scapy 2.5/python 3.8
I couldn't find a way to make it work with send/sendp scapy functions, but instead I tried using standart python socket and it did the job:
someSocket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
someSocket.sendto(bytes('abc', "utf-8"), (127.0.0.1, 39600))
Acording to Scapy troubleshooting:
The loopback interface is a very special interface. Packets going through it are not really assembled and disassembled. The kernel routes the packet to its destination while it is still stored an internal structure. What you see with tcpdump -i lo is only a fake to make you think everything is normal. The kernel is not aware of what Scapy is doing behind his back, so what you see on the loopback interface is also a fake. Except this one did not come from a local structure. Thus the kernel will never receive it.
On Linux, in order to speak to local IPv4 applications, you need to build your packets one layer upper, using a PF_INET/SOCK_RAW socket instead of a PF_PACKET/SOCK_RAW (or its equivalent on other systems than Linux)
So you may need to add line before sending packet:
conf.L3socket = L3RawSocket
In your script. That way everything should supposed to work. At least in my environment worked out fine.

Scapy TCP Handshake - Windows

While trying to perform a tcp TWH in scapy I encountered a problem.
When my host receives the syn/ack, the kernel ip/tcp stack aborts the handshake by sending rst.
It happens because the first packet sent (the syn) is transparent to the os due to the raw socket that scapy is using.
In some other questions regarding the same issue the solution was to set up iptables to drop packets with the rst flag.
Does anyone have a solution for windows?
(I prefer not to use the FW unless there is no choice)
Thanks!
That's a common problem, and it is not specific to Windows (or Scapy, for that matters - you can face similar issues with Masscan, for example).
You have totally understood and describe it: the problem lies in the IP address being "shared" between Scapy and your host's IP stack.
You have two options:
Use a firewall to prevent your host from getting the SYN/ACK packet (Scapy will get it anyway) or to prevent your host from sending a RST packet.
Use a different IP address with Scapy. This is a bit more difficult because it requires some kind of ARP proxy (or a Scapy script) to answer ARP request for the IP address you will use with Scapy.
Hope this helps, happy hacking!

How to capture the packets that you send in Scapy?

I am sending packets using:
send(IP(dst="192.168.1.114")/fuzz(UDP()/NTP(version=4)), loop=1)
But I am not able to capture these packets in any other nearby machine (including the one with IP 192.168.1.114) which is on the same network. I am using wlan as my interface.
I also tried to sniff and then replay using scapy but I am still not able to capture those packets.
i would first try to capture the traffic on the sender machine with tcpdump while executing your program:
tcpdump -i any udp dst 192.168.1.114
if you can see the traffic leaving the source host it may be that it does not arrive on the target host. UDP packets are the first packets to be dropped by any network device and as it is the nature of UDP it wont get retransmitted. if you are sure the packet leaves the source verify if it arrives at the target:
tcpdump -i any upd dst 192.168.1.114
Another point to check is your firewall settings. It could be either on the source or target system that your firewall is blocking those requests.
I finally resolved this. Here is the checklist I made which might help others when dealing with replaying/fuzzing using scapy.
Check if all IP addresses you are dealing with are alive in the
network (use ping)
Understand the difference between send() (layer 3)and sendp() (layer 2)
If mutating existing packet make sure to
remove the checksum (using 'del') and recalculate the checksum
either using show2() or using str to convert packets to string
and then converting them back to packets
You should use Wireshark, or the sniff function in Scapy and make it pretty print the contents on the screen:
sniff(lambda x:x.show())

Filter options for sniff function in scapy

I'm working on a scapy based tool where at a point I need to sniff a packet based on protocol and the ip address of the destination
I'd like to know about the ways in which filter option in sniff() function can be used. I tried using format in documentation but most of the times it results in problems like this.
the filter of sniff function in scapy does not work properly .
The one which I used was
a=sniff(filter="host 172.16.18.69 and tcp port 80",prn = comp_pkt,count = 1)
Thanks in advance!
sniff() uses Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) syntax (the same one as tcpdump), here are some examples:
Packets from or to host:
host x.x.x.x
Only TCP SYN segments:
tcp[tcpflags] & tcp-syn != 0
Everything ICMP but echo requests/replies:
icmp[icmptype] != icmp-echo and icmp[icmptype] != icmp-echoreply

IPv6 Address to supply for Python socket source

I've set up a VM and am trying to use a Python script to send IPv6 messages to my computer so I can analyze it using WireShark. The host computer is Windows, and I want to see messages from a Linux VM. However, when I try to send messages, socket.bind() returns with an invalid argument error. What IPv6 address should I use as the local IP for binding sockets? I'm 99% sure that the error is coming from binding to an invalid IP. So what should I use as the IP? Here is the output of nmcli dev show, hopefully this is enough information to help me figure this out. If it's not, let me know and I'll add more info.
[eng#peter test_scripts]$ nmcli dev show
GENERAL.DEVICE: enp0s3
GENERAL.TYPE: ethernet
GENERAL.HWADDR: 08:00:27:F7:9A:17
GENERAL.MTU: 1500
GENERAL.STATE: 100 (connected)
GENERAL.CONNECTION: System enp0s3
GENERAL.CON-PATH: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/0
WIRED-PROPERTIES.CARRIER: on
IP4.ADDRESS[1]: 10.0.2.15/24
IP4.GATEWAY: 10.0.2.2
IP4.DNS[1]: 10.0.2.3
IP4.DOMAIN[1]: stc.syrres.com
IP6.ADDRESS[1]: fe80::a00:27ff:fef7:9a17/64
IP6.GATEWAY:
GENERAL.DEVICE: lo
GENERAL.TYPE: loopback
GENERAL.HWADDR: 00:00:00:00:00:00
GENERAL.MTU: 65536
GENERAL.STATE: 10 (unmanaged)
GENERAL.CONNECTION: --
GENERAL.CON-PATH: --
IP4.ADDRESS[1]: 127.0.0.1/8
IP4.GATEWAY:
IP6.ADDRESS[1]: ::1/128
IP6.GATEWAY:
I've tested 'fe80::a00:27ff:fef7:9a17/64', 'fe80::a00:27ff:fef7:9a17' and others, but still can't get it to bind. What IPv6 address should I use?
If you want to listen, your best bet is to bind to :: which is the equivalent of binding to 0.0.0.0.
If you want to connect to that server, keep in mind you are using link-local addresses, which require a scope ID in order to function properly.
For example, on Linux, to connect to host fe80::1 on interface eth0 you would connect to fe80::1%eth0. If you're dealing with the socket module, don't forget to either use getaddrinfo() or be very careful to populate scopeid.

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