UART BusyBox Audit
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
UART BusyBox Audit - Enumerates BusyBox applets and flags risky ones over UART
"""
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.hardware.uart_session_mixin import UartSessionMixin
import json
from datetime import datetime
import re
# Applets often useful for foothold / persistence / data exfil on embedded targets
RISKY_APPLETS = {
"ash",
"sh",
"hush",
"bash",
"telnetd",
"httpd",
"ftpd",
"tcpsvd",
"udpsvd",
"nc",
"netcat",
"wget",
"curl",
"tftp",
"ftpget",
"ftpput",
"ssh",
"dropbear",
"scp",
"nmap",
"chpasswd",
"passwd",
"su",
"sudo",
"login",
"getty",
"init",
"reboot",
"halt",
"poweroff",
"insmod",
"rmmod",
"modprobe",
"mount",
"umount",
"dd",
"hexdump",
"xxd",
"iptables",
"ip",
"ifconfig",
"route",
"crontab",
"kill",
"killall",
"find",
"chmod",
"chown",
}
PROBE_COMMANDS = [
"busybox",
"busybox --help",
"busybox --list",
"ls -l `which busybox` 2>/dev/null",
"type busybox 2>/dev/null; which busybox 2>/dev/null",
]
class Module(Post, UartSessionMixin):
__info__ = {
"name": "UART BusyBox Audit",
"description": (
"Audits BusyBox on an embedded UART console: detects presence, "
"enumerates applets, and highlights risky networking / shell tools"
),
"author": "KittySploit Team",
"version": "1.0.0",
"session_type": SessionType.UART,
"tags": ["hardware", "uart", "gather", "busybox", "embedded", "audit"],
"references": [
"https://busybox.net/",
"https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T0842/",
],
"agent": {
"risk": "intrusive",
"effects": ["recon"],
"expected_requests": 5,
"reversible": True,
"approval_required": False,
"produces": ["tech_hints", "risk_signals"],
"cost": 0.8,
"noise": 0.25,
"value": 1.5,
"chain": {
"consumes_capabilities": ["uart_session"],
"produces_capabilities": [
{"capability": "busybox_inventory", "from_detail": "busybox_audit"},
],
"suggested_followups": [
"post/uart/gather/firmware_info",
"post/uart/manage/send_break",
],
},
},
}
wait = OptFloat(1.5, "Seconds to wait per probe command", required=True)
newline = OptString("\\r\\n", "Newline sequence", required=False)
output_file = OptString("", "Optional JSON output file", required=False)
store_results = OptBool(True, "Store results in session.data['busybox_audit']", 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()
wait = max(0.3, float(self.wait or 1.5))
newline = self._newline()
info = client.connection_summary()
print_info("=" * 80)
print_success("UART BusyBox Audit")
print_info(f"Device : {info.get('port')} @ {info.get('baudrate')}")
print_info("=" * 80)
probes = []
combined = []
for cmd in PROBE_COMMANDS:
print_status(f"$ {cmd}")
exchange = client.exchange(cmd, wait=wait, newline=newline)
probes.append(
{
"command": cmd,
"success": exchange.success,
"response": exchange.text,
"error": exchange.error,
}
)
if exchange.success and exchange.text:
combined.append(exchange.text)
preview = exchange.text.strip()
if preview:
print_info(preview if len(preview) < 600 else preview[:600] + "...")
blob = "\n".join(combined)
present = bool(re.search(r"BusyBox\s+v?\d", blob, re.I)) or "busybox" in blob.lower()
version = None
m = re.search(r"BusyBox\s+v?([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)+[^\s,]*)", blob, re.I)
if m:
version = m.group(1)
present = True
applets = self._parse_applets(blob)
risky = sorted(a for a in applets if a.lower() in RISKY_APPLETS)
report = {
"timestamp": datetime.utcnow().isoformat() + "Z",
"device": info.get("port"),
"baudrate": info.get("baudrate"),
"busybox_present": present,
"version": version,
"applet_count": len(applets),
"applets": applets,
"risky_applets": risky,
"probes": probes,
}
print_info("-" * 80)
if not present and not applets:
print_warning("BusyBox not clearly detected (no shell, wrong baud, or not installed)")
else:
print_success(f"BusyBox {'detected' if present else 'applets parsed'}"
+ (f" v{version}" if version else ""))
print_info(f"Applets enumerated : {len(applets)}")
if applets:
print_info("Applets: " + ", ".join(applets[:40]) + ("..." if len(applets) > 40 else ""))
if risky:
print_warning(f"Risky applets ({len(risky)}): " + ", ".join(risky))
else:
print_info("No high-risk applets matched the built-in list")
if bool(self.store_results):
session = self._resolve_session()
if session:
data = session.data if isinstance(session.data, dict) else {}
data["busybox_audit"] = report
session.data = data
out = str(self.output_file or "").strip()
if out:
try:
with open(out, "w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
json.dump(report, handle, indent=2)
print_success(f"Wrote report to {out}")
except OSError as exc:
print_error(f"Failed to write output: {exc}")
return True
def _parse_applets(self, text: str):
"""Extract applet names from busybox --list / help output."""
found = []
seen = set()
# busybox --list often prints one applet per line
for line in text.splitlines():
line = line.strip()
if not line or line.startswith("$") or line.startswith("#"):
continue
if re.fullmatch(r"[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_\-+.]*", line):
key = line.lower()
if key not in seen and key not in ("busybox", "currently", "defined", "functions"):
seen.add(key)
found.append(line)
continue
# help line: ", applet, applet2," style
if "," in line and "BusyBox" not in line:
for token in re.split(r"[\s,]+", line):
token = token.strip()
if re.fullmatch(r"[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_\-+.]*", token):
key = token.lower()
if key not in seen and len(token) < 32:
seen.add(key)
found.append(token)
# Also catch "Currently defined functions:" blocks
m = re.search(r"Currently defined functions:\s*(.*)", text, re.I | re.S)
if m:
block = m.group(1)
for token in re.split(r"[\s,]+", block):
token = token.strip().rstrip(",")
if re.fullmatch(r"[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_\-+.]*", token):
key = token.lower()
if key not in seen and len(token) < 32:
seen.add(key)
found.append(token)
return sorted(found, key=str.lower)
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