BSides Nairobi 2023 Cyber Challenge
Mobile
Daily blatha
Every day blatha. One part here, another there.
You got all my journals? (150pts)
Use frida to get the name of the app or any other way
b3nj4h@arch ~> frida-ps -aU
PID Name Identifier
---- ----------------- -------------------------
6010 Email com.android.email
6386 Google Play Store com.android.vending
5402 Messaging com.android.messaging
5975 Phone com.android.dialer
5632 Superuser com.genymotion.superuser
6254 dailyblatha com.bsidesnrb.dailyblatha
we spawn the firebase activity with activity manager
am start -n com.bsidesnrb.dailyblatha/.firebaseActivity
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.bsidesnrb.dailyblatha/.firebaseActivity }
The app has insecure logging
We try to grep for BSidesNRB using logcat inside the AVD
logcat | grep -i BSidesNRB
and we get the first piece of the flag
11-04 06:52:19.517 6254 6254 D BSidesNRB: Value is: BSidesNBI{4ndro1d
Next we open the sqlite activity to spawn the database
am start -n com.bsidesnrb.dailyblatha/.sqliteActivity
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.bsidesnrb.dailyblatha/.sqliteActivity }
The database is initialize we pull it since we know the name
adb pull /data/data/com.bsidesnrb.dailyblatha/databases/bsidesnrb.db
we use sqlite 3 to get the second flag
b3nj4h@arch > sqlite3 bsidesnrb.db
SQLite version 3.43.2 2023-10-10 12:14:04
Enter ".help" for usage hints.
sqlite> .tables
android_metadata flag
sqlite> select * from flag
...> ;
1|flag2|_db_m1sc0nf1gs
sqlite>
We navigate to sharedPrefsActivity and find this
We decode the string and get the third part of the flag
b3nj4h@arch ~> echo XzRyM19kNG5nM3IwdXNzc30= | base64 -d
_4r3_d4ng3r0usss}
We now have the full flag
BSidesNBI{4ndro1d_db_m1sc0nf1gs_4r3_d4ng3r0usss}
WatchDog
First method
We get this if statement in the decompiled code. Let’s try changing it in the smali code to bypass the check
decompile the app with apk tool
apktool d watchdog.apk
From the decompiled app we know the package and the class
We navigate to smali > d > b.smali and locate the if statement
.line 15
.line 16
const/4 v1, 0x0
.line 17
if-eqz p1, :cond_0
.line 18
.line 19
const-string p1, "You cannot move right now, the light is red!!"
.line 20
.line 21
invoke-static {v3, p1, v1}, Landroid/widget/Toast;->makeText(Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/lang/CharSequence;I)Landroid/widget/Toast;
.line 22
.line 23
.line 24
move-result-object p1
We change the if-eqz to if-nez
.line 17
if-nez p1, :cond_0
We need to change extractNativeLibs to true in the manifest file to avoid any installation errors
android:extractNativeLibs="true"
Let’s compile the apk again
apktool b watchdog
I: Using Apktool 2.8.1-dirty
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building resources...
I: Building apk file...
I: Copying unknown files/dir...
I: Built apk into: watchdog/dist/watchdog.apk
Next we need to sign the apk. Let’s navigate to the location of the apk file
cd watchdog/dist/
We then generate a key
keytool -genkey -keystore whoami.keystore -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 1000
-alias whoami
Enter keystore password:
Re-enter new password:
What is your first and last name?
[Unknown]:
What is the name of your organizational unit?
[Unknown]:
What is the name of your organization?
[Unknown]:
What is the name of your City or Locality?
[Unknown]:
What is the name of your State or Province?
[Unknown]:
What is the two-letter country code for this unit?
[Unknown]:
Is CN=Unknown, OU=Unknown, O=Unknown, L=Unknown, ST=Unknown, C=Unknown correct?
[no]: yes
Generating 2,048 bit RSA key pair and self-signed certificate (SHA256withRSA) with a validity of 1,000 days
for: CN=Unknown, OU=Unknown, O=Unknown, L=Unknown, ST=Unknown, C=Unknown
Lastly we sign our apk
jarsigner -keystore whoami.keystore -verbose watchdog.apk whoami
Make sure you get this at the end
>>> Signer
X.509, CN=Unknown, OU=Unknown, O=Unknown, L=Unknown, ST=Unknown, C=Unknown
Signature algorithm: SHA256withRSA, 2048-bit key
[trusted certificate]
jar signed.
Warning:
The signer's certificate is self-signed.
We unistall the old apk and install the new one
adb uninstall watchdog.apk
adb install watchdog.apk
We open the app and click the button. Finally we get the flag
Second method
We can use frida script to change the true variable to false using a custom script
Java.perform(function () {
var MainActivity = Java.use('com.bsidesnrb.watchdog.MainActivity');
// Hook the onCreate method of MainActivity
MainActivity.onCreate.overload('android.os.Bundle').implementation = function (bundle) {
// Call the original onCreate method
this.onCreate(bundle);
// Attempt to modify the field directly, handle the case where the field might be obfuscated
try {
var f = MainActivity.class.getDeclaredField('f1258t');
f.setAccessible(true);
f.setBoolean(this, false);
console.log('Field f1258t set to false successfully.');
} catch (e) {
console.log('Field f1258t not found. Attempting to find the obfuscated field name.');
// If the field name is obfuscated, you might need to iterate over all fields and find the correct one by type
var fields = MainActivity.class.getDeclaredFields();
for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
var field = fields[i];
if (field.getType().getName() === 'boolean') {
field.setAccessible(true);
field.setBoolean(this, false);
console.log('Field name: ' + field.getName() + ', Type: ' + field.getType().getName());
console.log('Obfuscated boolean field set to false successfully. Field name: ' + field.getName());
break;
}
}
}
};
});
We use frida to change the boolean to false
frida -l bypass -f com.bsidesnrb.watchdog -U
____
/ _ | Frida 16.1.4 - A world-class dynamic instrumentation toolkit
| (_| |
> _ | Commands:
/_/ |_| help -> Displays the help system
. . . . object? -> Display information about 'object'
. . . . exit/quit -> Exit
. . . .
. . . . More info at https://frida.re/docs/home/
. . . .
. . . . Connected to Pixel 2 (id=127.0.0.1:6555)
Spawned `com.bsidesnrb.watchdog`. Resuming main thread!
[Pixel 2::com.bsidesnrb.watchdog ]-> Field f1258t not found. Attempting to find the obfuscated field name.
Field name: t, Type: boolean
Obfuscated boolean field set to false successfully. Field name: t
We click move and we get the flag
Whatslif3
Thou shall find what made him one with the world.
This took us out? (75pts)
From the source code we see that the input should be a base64 decoded string check_guess
We get the string from resources and base64 decode it
b3nj4h@arch ~> echo QlNpZGVzTkJJe3RoaXNfZGlkbid0X2tpbGxfdGhlbX0= | base64 -d
BSidesNBI{this_didn't_kill_them}
We use the output as our input string and hit the submit button. We get the activity with this encoded string
We take the string and slap it in cyber chef and wait for it to do the magic. Boom there we go we get the flag BSidesNRB{c4r3full_hubr1s_w1ll_t4k3_us_0u7}
Forensics
Mystique
Start by analyzing this email.
Who is the sender of this email? (25pts)
cat the file and grep for the X-Sender
cat infected.eml | grep -i X-Sender
X-Sender: 2export@ekofood.com.tr
What is the md5sum of the email attachment? (25pts)
Download the attachment with thunderbird and check the md5sum hash
md5sum Items\ list.doc
2dae57b509d72eb69166e9d48995e530
Without opening the attachment on your host machine, use an online sandbox like AnyRun to observe what happens when the document is opened. From your analysis, what CVE is associate with the attachment? (25pts)
Open the file with virus total and navigate to community you’ll get the CVE from ANY_RUN
What malware family is likely associated with the attachment? (25pts)
From the previous image we can see the malware family
agenttesla
Take a look at the malware configuration. What is the c2 Domain address? (25pts)
Navigate to behaviour and check under DNS resolution
In your opinion, what protocol do you suspect could have been leveraged on for potential exfiltration? (25pts)
The malware uses port 587 which is an smtp protocol port
