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local brute = require "brute"
local creds = require "creds"
local math = require "math"
local shortport = require "shortport"
local sip = require "sip"
local stdnse = require "stdnse"

description = [[
Performs brute force password auditing against Session Initiation Protocol
(SIP) accounts. This protocol is most commonly associated with VoIP sessions.
]]

---
-- @usage
-- nmap -sU -p 5060 <target> --script=sip-brute
--
-- PORT     STATE         SERVICE
-- 5060/udp open|filtered sip
-- | sip-brute:
-- |   Accounts
-- |     1000:password123 => Valid credentials
-- |   Statistics
-- |_    Performed 5010 guesses in 3 seconds, average tps: 1670

-- Version 0.1
-- Created 04/03/2011 - v0.1 - created by Patrik Karlsson <patrik@cqure.net>

author = "Patrik Karlsson"
license = "Same as Nmap--See https://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html"
categories = {"intrusive", "brute"}


portrule = shortport.port_or_service(5060, "sip", {"tcp", "udp"})

Driver = {

  new = function(self, host, port)
    local o = {}
    setmetatable(o, self)
    self.__index = self
    o.host = host
    o.port = port
    return o
  end,

  connect = function( self )
    self.helper = sip.Helper:new(self.host, self.port, { expires = 0 })
    local status, err = self.helper:connect()
    if ( not(status) ) then
      return "ERROR: Failed to connect to SIP server"
    end
    return true
  end,

  login = function( self, username, password )
    self.helper:setCredentials(username, password)
    local status, err = self.helper:register()
    if ( not(status) ) then
      -- The 3CX System has an anti-hacking option that triggers after
      -- a certain amount of guesses. This protection basically prevents
      -- any connection from the offending IP at an application level.
      if ( err:match("^403 Forbidden") ) then
        local err = brute.Error:new("The systems seems to have blocked our IP")
        err:setAbort( true )
        return false, err
      end
      return false, brute.Error:new( "Incorrect password" )
    end
    return true, creds.Account:new(username, password, creds.State.VALID)
  end,

  disconnect = function(self) return self.helper:close() end,
}

-- Function used to check if we can distinguish existing from non-existing
-- accounts. In order to do so we send a semi-random username and password
-- and interpret the response. Some servers will respond as if the login
-- was successful which makes it impossible to tell successful logins
-- from non-existing accounts apart.
local function checkBadUser(host, port)
  local user = "baduser-" .. math.random(10000)
  local pass = "badpass-" .. math.random(10000)
  local helper = sip.Helper:new(host, port, { expires = 0 })

  stdnse.debug2("Checking bad user: %s/%s", user, pass)
  local status, err = helper:connect()
  if ( not(status) ) then return false, "ERROR: Failed to connect" end

  helper:setCredentials(user, pass)
  local status, err = helper:register()
  helper:close()
  return status, err
end

action = function(host, port)
  local force = stdnse.get_script_args("sip-brute.force")

  if ( not(force) ) then
    local status = checkBadUser(host, port)
    if ( status ) then
      return "\nERROR: Cannot detect non-existing user accounts, this will result in:\n" ..
        "  * Non-existing accounts being detected as found\n" ..
        "  * Passwords for existing accounts being correctly detected\n\n" ..
        "Supply the sip-brute.force argument to override"
    end
  end
  local engine = brute.Engine:new(Driver, host, port)
  engine.options.script_name = SCRIPT_NAME
  local status, result = engine:start()
  return result
end