UART Capture Banner
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
UART Banner Gather - Captures console / boot banner from a serial session
"""
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.hardware.uart_session_mixin import UartSessionMixin
import json
from datetime import datetime
import re
class Module(Post, UartSessionMixin):
__info__ = {
"name": "UART Capture Banner",
"description": (
"Captures the console banner, login prompt, or bootloader output "
"from an active UART session"
),
"author": "KittySploit Team",
"version": "1.0.0",
"session_type": SessionType.UART,
"tags": ["hardware", "uart", "gather", "banner", "console"],
"references": [
"https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T0842/",
],
"agent": {
"risk": "passive",
"effects": ["recon"],
"expected_requests": 1,
"reversible": True,
"approval_required": False,
"produces": ["tech_hints"],
"cost": 0.3,
"noise": 0.05,
"value": 1.2,
"chain": {
"consumes_capabilities": ["uart_session"],
"produces_capabilities": [
{"capability": "console_banner", "from_detail": "banner"},
],
"suggested_followups": [
"post/uart/gather/firmware_info",
"post/uart/gather/busybox_audit",
],
},
},
}
duration = OptFloat(3.0, "Seconds to listen for banner output", required=True)
nudge = OptBool(True, "Send a newline to elicit a prompt", required=True)
newline = OptString("\\r\\n", "Newline sequence (\\r\\n, \\n, or \\r)", required=False)
output_file = OptString("", "Optional JSON/text output file", required=False)
store_results = OptBool(True, "Store banner in session.data['banner']", required=False)
def check(self):
sid = str(self.session_id or "").strip()
if not sid:
print_error("Session ID not set")
return False
session = self.framework.session_manager.get_session(sid) if self.framework else None
if not session:
print_error("Session not found")
return False
if str(session.session_type).lower() != SessionType.UART.value:
print_error(f"Session is not UART (type: {session.session_type})")
return False
try:
self.open_uart()
return True
except Exception as exc:
print_error(str(exc))
return False
def _newline(self) -> str:
raw = str(self.newline or "\\r\\n")
return raw.encode("utf-8").decode("unicode_escape")
def run(self):
client = self.open_uart()
duration = max(0.2, float(self.duration or 3.0))
info = client.connection_summary()
print_info("=" * 80)
print_success("UART Banner Capture")
print_info(f"Device : {info.get('port')} @ {info.get('baudrate')}")
print_info(f"Duration : {duration}s nudge={bool(self.nudge)}")
print_info("=" * 80)
print_status("Listening for console output...")
raw = client.capture_banner(
duration=duration,
nudge=bool(self.nudge),
newline=self._newline(),
)
text = client.decode_text(raw).strip("\x00")
if not text.strip():
print_warning("No banner data received (device silent or wrong baud rate)")
return False
hints = self._extract_hints(text)
print_success(f"Captured {len(raw)} byte(s)")
print_info("-" * 40)
print_info(text if len(text) < 4000 else text[:4000] + "\n... [truncated]")
print_info("-" * 40)
for key, value in hints.items():
if value:
print_info(f"{key}: {value}")
report = {
"timestamp": datetime.utcnow().isoformat() + "Z",
"device": info.get("port"),
"baudrate": info.get("baudrate"),
"banner": text,
"banner_hex": raw.hex(),
"hints": hints,
}
if bool(self.store_results):
session = self._resolve_session()
if session:
data = session.data if isinstance(session.data, dict) else {}
data["banner"] = text
data["banner_hints"] = hints
session.data = data
out = str(self.output_file or "").strip()
if out:
try:
with open(out, "w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
if out.lower().endswith(".json"):
json.dump(report, handle, indent=2)
else:
handle.write(text if text.endswith("\n") else text + "\n")
print_success(f"Wrote output to {out}")
except OSError as exc:
print_error(f"Failed to write output: {exc}")
return True
def _extract_hints(self, text: str) -> dict:
hints = {
"login_prompt": bool(re.search(r"login\s*:", text, re.I)),
"password_prompt": bool(re.search(r"password\s*:", text, re.I)),
"uboot": bool(re.search(r"U-Boot|Hit any key to stop autoboot", text, re.I)),
"busybox": bool(re.search(r"BusyBox", text, re.I)),
"linux": bool(re.search(r"Linux version|GNU/Linux", text, re.I)),
}
m = re.search(r"(Linux version [^\r\n]+)", text)
if m:
hints["kernel"] = m.group(1).strip()
m = re.search(r"(U-Boot\s+[^\r\n]+)", text, re.I)
if m:
hints["bootloader"] = m.group(1).strip()
m = re.search(r"([\w./-]+[#$]|login:)", text)
if m:
hints["prompt_sample"] = m.group(1).strip()
return hints
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