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Re: bruteforce attacks to GUI applications
From: ascii <ascii () katamail com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:38:27 +0100
m_r_welch () tiscali co uk wrote:
It doesn't look like that would be possible. See here: http://expect.nist.gov/FAQ.html#q23
it's not possible with expect but you can use other techniques i'm thinking about all my friends that lost their time playing RPG games like ultima etc (IMHO of course) when protocol hacking is not possible they use macro programs that move the mouse and simulate keyboard input some of these programs uses 'complex' scripting languages (or at last you can write your own using your os apis) and support external bin output as value of vars the point is the cpu time required to perform an attack like this you can accomplish some trick like jump the pointer to x,y instead move it when you try to brute force the shadow file you use john et similia: tools written in well-coded c that read the file, explode fields, use the right buffer len, use optimized algs etc think about brute forcing the same using passwd, isn't this silly? you have to exec an external bin, load shared libs, let expect input the password, parse the result i can assure you the process will take 100x time, and now think about the overhead of gui applications: you have to start the application, jump the cursor, click/focus, simulate keyboard input (user name), jump the cursor, click/focus again, input the passwd acquired from the external bin, jump over the ok button and click i think this process will take forever and is suitable only for (not huge) dictionary attacks
Current thread:
- bruteforce attacks to GUI applications ework0 (Nov 09)
- RE: bruteforce attacks to GUI applications m_r_welch (Nov 15)
- RE: bruteforce attacks to GUI applications Kenton Smith (Nov 16)
- Re: bruteforce attacks to GUI applications ascii (Nov 17)
- RE: bruteforce attacks to GUI applications Kenton Smith (Nov 16)
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- Re: bruteforce attacks to GUI applications m_r_welch (Nov 16)
- Re: bruteforce attacks to GUI applications Disco Jonny (Nov 17)
- Re: bruteforce attacks to GUI applications m_r_welch (Nov 16)
- Re: bruteforce attacks to GUI applications ascii (Nov 17)
- Re: bruteforce attacks to GUI applications Alloishus BeauMains (Nov 17)
- Re: bruteforce attacks to GUI applications mike preston (Nov 28)
- RE: bruteforce attacks to GUI applications m_r_welch (Nov 15)