Description

Utility for sniffing SSL/TLS encrypted traffic on a jailbroken iOS device.

CFNetwork.framework contains a debug/verbosity global, enforcing a dump of every packet transferred through it, to be logged into device syslog in plaintext form. In order to have a nicer view with clean control flow of this traffic, we attach each such packet appropriate TCP flags and write it back into a PCAP file.

This allows us to later dissect this traffic using popular and convenient tools (e.g. Wireshark 🦈). Assuming you have a jailbroken iOS device, this Python3 tool can automate this process.

Installation

python3 -m pip install -U iosslsniffer

Prerequisites

Enable logging global

This package relies on the ability to modify Apples logging global, Thus requires a jailbroken device. In addition, a global preference key is need to set AppleCFNetworkDiagnosticLogging.

Howto

• Download and install rpc_server on a jailbroken device.
• Setting logging global, this can be done manually or using the integrated rpc_client in the sniffer.
  • To use integrated rpc_client just provide the rpc_server port:

    python3 -m iosslsniffer setup -p 5910
    python3 -m iosslsniffer sniff
    

  • Manually connect to rpc_server:
    • Set AppleCFNetworkDiagnosticLogging to 3 (restart required)
    • Execute p.syslog.set_harlogger_for_all(True)

      user@Users-Mac-mini-7 ~/ @ rpcclient 127.0.0.1
      Welcome to the rpcclient interactive shell! You interactive shell for controlling the remote rpcserver.
      Feel free to use the following globals:
      
      🌍 p - the injected process
      🌍 symbols - process global symbols
      
      Have a nice flight ✈️!
      Starting an IPython shell... 🐍
      
      In [1]: pref = p.preferences.sc.open('/private/var/Managed Preferences/mobile/.GlobalPreferences.plist')
      In [2]: pref.set('AppleCFNetworkDiagnosticLogging',3)
      
      restart.........
      
      In [1]: p.syslog.set_harlogger_for_all(True)
      

CFNetworkDiagnostics

In order to enable CFNetworkDiagnostics the key AppleCFNetworkDiagnosticLogging needs to be set, this is done as part of iosslsniffer setup command. A restart is required incase the key was not set.

Usage

Usage: python -m iosslsniffer [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  setup  Setup all prerequisites required inorder to sniff the SSL traffic
  sniff  Sniff the traffic