anthrax3 / burpextension-whatsapp-decryption-checkpoint

WhatsApp Protocol Decryption Burp Tool

This tool was created during our research at Checkpoint Software Technologies on Whatsapp Protocol.

Here is the link to our blog post: https://research.checkpoint.com/fakesapp-a-vulnerability-in-whatsapp/

The Extension:

Made By:

Dikla Barda

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/diklabarda/

Roman Zaikin

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/romanzaikin/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/R0m4nZ41k1n

Dependences:

1. Download Python 2.7 at https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2715/

2. Download pip at https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/

3. Execute the command pip install -r requirements.txt

   • On Linux/Mac use python2 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Download Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7 at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=44266

5. Copy stdint.h to C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Common\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\include

About the extension

This extension allow you to view and manipulate the actual data that sent via whatsapp.

1. First you have to run the parser.py file (which is in helper dir).
2. Second you have to add the file burpWhatsapp.py to your burpsuit extensions.

Functionality

1. Decrypt incoming data, you have to paste the data as base64 to the extension ctrl+b
2. Encrypt incoming data, after you decrypt the data you can encrypt and put it back to burp by copy pase the base64 and ctrl+shift+b
3. Decrypt outgoing data, to decrypt outgoing data you have to take it from AesCbcEncrypt function in list format.
4. Encrypt outgoing data, after the extension encrypt the data back you have to put it back via the console.

you can use the following helper function to do that:

function str2unit8(str) {
  var buf = new ArrayBuffer(str.length);
  var bufView = new Uint8Array(buf);
  
  for (var i=0, strLen=str.length; i < strLen; i++) {
    bufView[i] = str[i];
  }
  return buf;
}

TO-DO

The extension currently can decrypt and encrypt only the message related functionality, in order to add more function you have to map the protobuf and add it to our protobuf file.