wifite

An automated wireless attack tool.

About

Wifite is for Linux only.

Wifite was designed for use with pentesting distributions of Linux, such as Kali Linux, Pentoo, BackBox; any Linux distributions with wireless drivers patched for injection. The script appears to also operate with Ubuntu 11/10, Debian 6, and Fedora 16.

Wifite must be run as root. This is required by the suite of programs it uses. Running downloaded scripts as root is a bad idea. I recommend using the Kali Linux bootable Live CD, a bootable USB stick (for persistent), or a virtual machine. Note that Virtual Machines cannot directly access hardware so a wireless USB dongle would be required.

Wifite assumes that you have a wireless card and the appropriate drivers that are patched for injection and promiscuous/monitor mode.

Execution

To download and execute wifite, run the commands below:

wget https://github.com/derv82/wifite/raw/master/wifite.py (devr82's version) or wget https://github.com/brianpow/wifite/raw/master/wifite.py (brianpow's version)
chmod +x wifite.py
./wifite.py

More Complex Examples (only work in brianpow's version)###

wifite.py --mac --showb --attack all,-eMYWIFI,-wpa0 --timeout 120,e,n\>50 --save ap.csv --two --wpssave --wepsaveiv

Meaning: Anonymize my MAC address; show BSSID when scanning; attack all APs excepts APs with name containing MYWIFI, exclude WPA APs without client; Automatically attack APs after scanning for 120 seconds, or if hidden network is detected, or if total targets are more than 50; Save scanned APs into ap.csv; List APs in two columns; Save '.wpc' progress file after WPS PIN attack in 'wps' folder under current folder; Save captured IVs file in '.ivs' format under 'wep' of current folder.

Required Programs

Please see the installation guide on the wiki for help installing any of the tools below.

• Python 2.7.x. Wifite is a Python script and requires Python to run.

• aircrack-ng suite. This is absolutely required. The specific programs used in the suite are:

  • airmon-ng,
  • airodump-ng,
  • aireplay-ng,
  • packetforge-ng, and
  • aircrack-ng.

• Standard linux programs.

  • iwconfig, ifconfig, which, iw

Suggested Programs

* indicates program is not included in Backtrack 5 R1

• *reaver, a Wifi-Protected Setup (WPS) attack tool. Reaver includes a scanner "walsh" (or "wash") for detecting WPS-enabled access points. Wifite uses Reaver to scan for and attack WPS-enabled routers.

• *pyrit, a GPU cracker for WPA PSK keys. Wifite uses pyrit (if found) to detect handshakes.

• tshark. Comes bundled with Wireshark, packet sniffing software.

• cowpatty, a WPA PSK key cracker. Wifite uses cowpatty (if found) to detect handshakes.

Licensing

Wifite is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 (GNU GPL v2).

(C) 2010-2015 Derv Merkler