ARP Spoof - Metasploit


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Module Overview

Name: ARP Spoof
Module: auxiliary/spoof/arp/arp_poisoning
Source code: modules/auxiliary/spoof/arp/arp_poisoning.rb
Disclosure date: 1999-12-22
Last modification time: 2017-10-31 04:53:14 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): -
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: CVE-1999-0667

Spoof ARP replies and poison remote ARP caches to conduct IP address spoofing or a denial of service.

Module Ranking and Traits

Module Ranking:

  • normal: The exploit is otherwise reliable, but depends on a specific version and can't (or doesn't) reliably autodetect. More information about ranking can be found here.

Basic Usage

msf > use auxiliary/spoof/arp/arp_poisoning
msf auxiliary(arp_poisoning) > show targets
    ... a list of targets ...
msf auxiliary(arp_poisoning) > set TARGET target-id
msf auxiliary(arp_poisoning) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(arp_poisoning) > exploit

Required Options

  • SHOSTS: Spoofed ip addresses

  • DHOSTS: Target ip addresses

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Msfconsole Usage

Here is how the spoof/arp/arp_poisoning auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use auxiliary/spoof/arp/arp_poisoning

msf6 auxiliary(spoof/arp/arp_poisoning) > show info

       Name: ARP Spoof
     Module: auxiliary/spoof/arp/arp_poisoning
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal
  Disclosed: 1999-12-22

Provided by:
  amaloteaux <[email protected]>

Check supported:
  No

Basic options:
  Name           Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----           ---------------  --------  -----------
  AUTO_ADD       false            yes       Auto add new host when discovered by the listener
  BIDIRECTIONAL  false            yes       Spoof also the source with the dest
  DHOSTS                          yes       Target ip addresses
  INTERFACE                       no        The name of the interface
  LISTENER       true             yes       Use an additional thread that will listen for arp requests to reply as fast as possible
  SHOSTS                          yes       Spoofed ip addresses
  SMAC                            no        The spoofed mac

Description:
  Spoof ARP replies and poison remote ARP caches to conduct IP address 
  spoofing or a denial of service.

References:
  OSVDB (11169)
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0667
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARP_spoofing

Module Options

This is a complete list of options available in the spoof/arp/arp_poisoning auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(spoof/arp/arp_poisoning) > show options

Module options (auxiliary/spoof/arp/arp_poisoning):

   Name           Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----           ---------------  --------  -----------
   AUTO_ADD       false            yes       Auto add new host when discovered by the listener
   BIDIRECTIONAL  false            yes       Spoof also the source with the dest
   DHOSTS                          yes       Target ip addresses
   INTERFACE                       no        The name of the interface
   LISTENER       true             yes       Use an additional thread that will listen for arp requests to reply as fast as possible
   SHOSTS                          yes       Spoofed ip addresses
   SMAC                            no        The spoofed mac

Advanced Options

Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the spoof/arp/arp_poisoning auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(spoof/arp/arp_poisoning) > show advanced

Module advanced options (auxiliary/spoof/arp/arp_poisoning):

   Name       Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----       ---------------  --------  -----------
   BROADCAST  false            yes       If set, the module will send replies on the broadcast address witout consideration of DHOSTS
   LOCALSIP                    no        The IP address of the local interface to use for hosts detection
   LOCALSMAC                   no        The MAC address of the local interface to use for hosts detection, this is usefull only if you want to spoof to another host with SMAC
   PKT_DELAY  100              yes       The delay in milliseconds between each packet during poisoning
   TIMEOUT    2                yes       The number of seconds to wait for new data during host detection
   VERBOSE    false            no        Enable detailed status messages
   WORKSPACE                   no        Specify the workspace for this module

Auxiliary Actions

This is a list of all auxiliary actions that the spoof/arp/arp_poisoning module can do:

msf6 auxiliary(spoof/arp/arp_poisoning) > show actions

Auxiliary actions:

   Name  Description
   ----  -----------

Evasion Options

Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the spoof/arp/arp_poisoning auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):

msf6 auxiliary(spoof/arp/arp_poisoning) > show evasion

Module evasion options:

   Name  Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----  ---------------  --------  -----------

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Error Messages

This module may fail with the following error messages:

Error Messages

Check for the possible causes from the code snippets below found in the module source code. This can often times help in identifying the root cause of the problem.

WARNING : Pcaprub is not uptodate, some functionality will not be available

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "WARNING : Pcaprub is not uptodate, some functionality will not be available" error message:

49:	
50:	  def run
51:	    open_pcap({'SNAPLEN' => 68, 'FILTER' => "arp[6:2] == 0x0002"})
52:	    @netifaces = true
53:	    if not netifaces_implemented?
54:	      print_error("WARNING : Pcaprub is not uptodate, some functionality will not be available")
55:	      @netifaces = false
56:	    end
57:	    @spoofing = false
58:	    # The local dst (and src) cache(s)
59:	    @dsthosts_cache = {}

Listener Error: <EX.MESSAGE>

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Listener Error: <EX.MESSAGE>" error message:

402:	              end
403:	            end
404:	          end
405:	        end
406:	      rescue => ex
407:	        print_error("Listener Error: #{ex.message}")
408:	        print_error("Listener Error: Listener is stopped")
409:	      end
410:	    end
411:	    @listener.abort_on_exception = true
412:	  end

Listener Error: Listener is stopped

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Listener Error: Listener is stopped" error message:

403:	            end
404:	          end
405:	        end
406:	      rescue => ex
407:	        print_error("Listener Error: #{ex.message}")
408:	        print_error("Listener Error: Listener is stopped")
409:	      end
410:	    end
411:	    @listener.abort_on_exception = true
412:	  end
413:	end

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References

See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

amaloteaux

Version

This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.24-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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