Re: Serial Connection Password Cracker.

From: kp (kp@closed-networks.com)
Date: Wed May 15 2002 - 02:49:39 PDT

  • Next message: Philip Markwalder: "Re: Serial Connection Password Cracker."

    Errr - sledgehammer & walnut anyone?
    
    What's the point in implementing networking just to do a bruteforce
    crack on a *serial* connection? Has the world gone mad? Is it *really*
    that hard to write a bruteforcer in C or script language?
    
    I'm not having a go, it just strikes me as a bit of overkill, considering
    you *used* to be able to get a bruteforcer for the KX-TD 1232 at pbxsoftware.com (incidentally I may have the archive somewhere so mail me if you urgently 
    require it) and you could write a cracker in Telix script in under 20 lines.
    
    The KX-TD allows infinite password attempts from what I recall and I also
    seem to remember it's either a 5 or 7 digit password (default 12345..)
    My home-rolled script can crack one in under an hour over dialup at
    which point you just roll on in with Programmator.
    
    Nice to see a PBX saying "Welcome" at login :)
    
    KP
     
    
    On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 10:55:55PM +0100, Lists wrote:
    > If you could somehow get it attached to the network (e.g. use nc to connect
    > the serial port to a listening "socket") you could then try something like
    > brutus (http://www.hoobie.net/brutus/) and a word list, i think LC3
    > (http://www.atstake.com) had a nice one. I had to do something similar once,
    > and i used a linux console server program to allow me to "telnet" to the
    > serial port, you might even be able to fudge something together with a copy
    > of minicom if you have a linux box to hand - then just point brutus at it.
    > 
    > 
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: <CMichalat_private>
    > To: <pen-testat_private>
    > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 7:24 PM
    > Subject: Serial Connection Password Cracker.
    > 
    > 
    > > I'm looking for a program that can do a dictionary based attack on a
    > > device that is connected to a laptop via com port, serial port.
    > > Its a piece of hardware that has no lockout after successive bad
    > > passwords and there is no delay between try's.
    > > If there isn't a cracking program out there with this capability I guess
    > > I will have to write some software that will do it.
    > >
    > > Its a Panasonic KX-TVS75 phone system to be exact, I have the piece of
    > > hardware in my possession but I forgot the console password.
    > >
    > > -C
    > >
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