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ts_block.vbs
Option Explicit
' ts_block.vbs - Blocks IP addresses generating invalid Terminal Services logons.
' Copyright 2011 Wellbury LLC - See LICENSE for license information
'
' Release 20110831 - Adapted from sshd_block release 20100120
' Release 20120530 - No change from 20110831 code for ts_block script
' External executables required to be accessible from PATH:
'
' ROUTE.EXE For black-hole routing blocked IP addresses in Windows 2003
' NETSH.EXE For black-hole firewall rule creation on Windows Vista / 2008 / 7 / 2008 R2
' EVENTCREATE.EXE For writing to the event log (if enabled)
'
' For support, please contact Evan Anderson at Wellbury LLC:
' EAnderson@wellbury.com, (866) 569-9799, ext 801
' Main
Dim objShell, objWMIService, objEventSink, blackHoleIPAddress, regexpSanitizeEventLog, regexpSanitizeIP
Dim dictIPLastSeenTime, dictIPBadLogons, dictUnblockTime, dictBlockImmediatelyUsers
Dim colOperatingSystem, intOSBuild, intBlackholeStyle
Dim intBlockDuration, intBlockAttempts, intBlockTimeout
' =====================( Configuration )=====================
' Set to 0 to disable debugging output
Const DEBUGGING = 1
' Set to 0 to disable event log reporting of blocks / unblocks
Const USE_EVENTLOG = 1
Const EVENTLOG_SOURCE = "ts_block"
Const EVENTLOG_TYPE_INFORMATION = "INFORMATION"
Const EVENTLOG_TYPE_ERROR = "ERROR"
Const EVENTLOG_ID_STARTED = 1
Const EVENTLOG_ID_ERROR_NO_BLACKHOLE_IP = 2
Const EVENTLOG_ID_ERROR_WIN_XP = 3
Const EVENTLOG_ID_BLOCK = 256
Const EVENTLOG_ID_UNBLOCK = 257
' Registry path for configuration
Const REG_CONFIG_PATH = "HKLM\Software\Policies\Wellbury LLC\ts_block\"
' Number of failed logons in time window before IP will be blocked
Const DEFAULT_BLOCK_ATTEMPTS = 5 ' Attempts
Const REG_BLOCK_ATTEMPTS = "BlockAttempts"
' Expiration (in seconds) for IPs to be blocked
Const DEFAULT_BLOCK_DURATION = 300
Const REG_BLOCK_DURATION = "BlockDuration"
' Timeout for attempts before a new attempt is considered attempt #1
Const DEFAULT_BLOCK_TIMEOUT = 120 ' in X seconds
Const REG_BLOCK_TIMEOUT = "BlockTimeout"
' Black hole IP address (if hard-specified)
Const REG_BLACKHOLE_IP = "BlackholeIP"
' Usernames that attempted logons for result in immediate blocking
Set dictBlockImmediatelyUsers = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
dictBlockImmediatelyUsers.Add "administrator", 1
dictBlockImmediatelyUsers.Add "root", 1
dictBlockImmediatelyUsers.Add "guest", 1
' ===================( End Configuration )===================
Const TS_BLOCK_VERSION = "20110831"
Const BLACKHOLE_ROUTE = 1 ' Blackhole packets via routing table
Const BLACKHOLE_FIREWALL = 2 ' Blackhole packets via firewall
' =====================( Stress Testing )====================
' Set to 1 to perform stress testing
Const TESTING = 0
' Number of "bogus" blocks to load
Const TESTING_IP_ADDRESSES = 10000
' Minimum and maximum milliseconds between adding "bogus" IPs to the block list during testing
Const TESTING_IP_MIN_LATENCY = 10
Const TESTING_IP_MAX_LATENCY = 50
If TESTING Then
Dim testLatency, cumulativeLatency, testLoop, maxBlocked, blockedAddresses
Randomize
End If
' ===================( End Stress Testing )==================
Set dictIPLastSeenTime = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
Set dictIPBadLogons = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
Set dictUnblockTime = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set regexpSanitizeEventLog = new Regexp
regexpSanitizeEventLog.Global = True
regexpSanitizeEventLog.Pattern = "[^0-9a-zA-Z._ /:\-]"
Set regexpSanitizeIP = new Regexp
regexpSanitizeIP.Global = True
regexpSanitizeIP.Pattern = "[^0-9.]"
' Get OS build number
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{(security)}!root/cimv2")
Set colOperatingSystem = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT BuildNumber FROM Win32_OperatingSystem")
For Each intOSBuild in colOperatingSystem
' Windows OS versions with the "Advanced Firewall" functionality have build numbers greater than 4000
If intOSBuild.BuildNumber < 4000 Then intBlackholeStyle = BLACKHOLE_ROUTE Else intBlackholeStyle = BLACKHOLE_FIREWALL
If intOSBuild.BuildNumber = 2600 Then
LogEvent EVENTLOG_ID_ERROR_WIN_XP, EVENTLOG_TYPE_ERROR, "Fatal Error - Windows XP does not provide an IP address to black-hole in failure audit event log entries."
WScript.Quit EVENTLOG_ID_ERROR_WIN_XP
End If
If DEBUGGING Then WScript.Echo "intBlackHoleStyle = " & intBlackHoleStyle
Next ' intOSBuild
' Read configuration from the registry, if present, in a really simplsitic way
On Error Resume Next ' Noooo!!!
intBlockDuration = DEFAULT_BLOCK_DURATION
If CInt(objShell.RegRead(REG_CONFIG_PATH & REG_BLOCK_DURATION)) > 0 Then intBlockDuration = CInt(objShell.RegRead(REG_CONFIG_PATH & REG_BLOCK_DURATION))
intBlockAttempts = DEFAULT_BLOCK_ATTEMPTS
If CInt(objShell.RegRead(REG_CONFIG_PATH & REG_BLOCK_ATTEMPTS)) > 0 Then intBlockAttempts = CInt(objShell.RegRead(REG_CONFIG_PATH & REG_BLOCK_ATTEMPTS))
intBlockTimeout = DEFAULT_BLOCK_TIMEOUT
If CInt(objShell.RegRead(REG_CONFIG_PATH & REG_BLOCK_TIMEOUT)) > 0 Then intBlockTimeout = CInt(objShell.RegRead(REG_CONFIG_PATH & REG_BLOCK_TIMEOUT))
If objShell.RegRead(REG_CONFIG_PATH & REG_BLACKHOLE_IP) <> "" Then
blackHoleIPAddress = regexpSanitizeIP.Replace(objShell.RegRead(REG_CONFIG_PATH & REG_BLACKHOLE_IP), "")
Else
blackHoleIPAddress = ""
End If
On Error Goto 0
' Only obtain a blackhole adapter address on versions of Windows where it is required
If (intBlackholeStyle = BLACKHOLE_ROUTE) and (blackHoleIPAddress = "") Then
blackHoleIPAddress = GetBlackholeIP()
If IsNull(blackHoleIPAddress) Then
LogEvent EVENTLOG_ID_ERROR_NO_BLACKHOLE_IP, EVENTLOG_TYPE_ERROR, "Fatal Error - Could not obtain an IP address for an interface with no default gateway specified."
WScript.Quit EVENTLOG_ID_ERROR_NO_BLACKHOLE_IP
End If
End If
If DEBUGGING Then LogEvent EVENTLOG_ID_STARTED, EVENTLOG_TYPE_INFORMATION, "Block Duration: " & intBlockDuration
If DEBUGGING Then LogEvent EVENTLOG_ID_STARTED, EVENTLOG_TYPE_INFORMATION, "Block Attempts: " & intBlockAttempts
If DEBUGGING Then LogEvent EVENTLOG_ID_STARTED, EVENTLOG_TYPE_INFORMATION, "Block Timeout: " & intBlockTimeout
If DEBUGGING Then LogEvent EVENTLOG_ID_STARTED, EVENTLOG_TYPE_INFORMATION, "Blackhole IP: " & blackHoleIPAddress
' Create event sink to catch security events
Set objEventSink = WScript.CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemSink", "eventSink_")
objWMIService.ExecNotificationQueryAsync objEventSink, "SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent WHERE TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_NTLogEvent' AND TargetInstance.Logfile = 'Security' AND TargetInstance.EventType = 5 AND (TargetInstance.EventIdentifier = 529 OR TargetInstance.EventIdentifier = 4625) AND (TargetInstance.SourceName = 'Security' OR TargetInstance.SourceName = 'Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing')"
LogEvent EVENTLOG_ID_STARTED, EVENTLOG_TYPE_INFORMATION, EVENTLOG_SOURCE & " (version " & TS_BLOCK_VERSION & ") started."
If TESTING Then
If DEBUGGING Then WScript.Echo "Stress test loop"
For testLoop = 1 to TESTING_IP_ADDRESSES
testLatency = Int(Rnd() * (TESTING_IP_MAX_LATENCY - TESTING_IP_MIN_LATENCY)) + TESTING_IP_MIN_LATENCY
WScript.Sleep(testLatency)
Block(CStr(Int(Rnd * 256)) & "." & CStr(Int(Rnd * 256)) & "." & CStr(Int(Rnd * 256)) & "." & CStr(Int(Rnd * 256)))
blockedAddresses = blockedAddresses + 1
' Try to ExpireBlocks no more often than once every 1000ms
cumulativeLatency = cumulativeLatency + testLatency
If cumulativeLatency >= 250 Then
if blockedAddresses > maxBlocked Then maxBlocked = blockedAddresses
cumulativeLatency = 0
ExpireBlocks
End If
Next ' testLoop
' Drain the queue
While dictUnblockTime.Count > 0
WScript.Sleep(250)
ExpireBlocks
Wend
WScript.Echo "Stress test completed. " & TESTING_IP_ADDRESSES & " tested with a maximum of " & maxBlocked & " addresses blocked at once."
' Loop until killed
While (True)
WScript.Sleep(250)
Wend
Else
If DEBUGGING Then WScript.Echo "Entering normal operation busy-wait loop."
' Loop sleeping for 250ms, expiring blocks
While (True)
WScript.Sleep(250)
ExpireBlocks
Wend
End If
Sub Block(IP)
' Block an IP address and set the time for the block expiration
Dim strRunCommand
Dim intRemoveBlockTime
' Block an IP address (either by black-hole routing it or adding a firewall rule)
If (TESTING <> 1) Then
If intBlackholeStyle = BLACKHOLE_ROUTE Then strRunCommand = "route add " & IP & " mask 255.255.255.255 " & blackHoleIPAddress
If intBlackholeStyle = BLACKHOLE_FIREWALL Then strRunCommand = "netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=""Blackhole " & IP & """ dir=in protocol=any action=block remoteip=" & IP
If DEBUGGING Then WScript.Echo "Executing " & strRunCommand
objShell.Run strRunCommand
End If
' Calculate time to remove block and add to dictUnblockTime
intRemoveBlockTime = (Date + Time) + (intBlockDuration / (24 * 60 * 60))
If NOT dictUnblockTime.Exists(intRemoveBlockTime) Then
Set dictUnblockTime.Item(intRemoveBlockTime) = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
End If
If NOT dictUnblockTime.Item(intRemoveBlockTime).Exists(IP) Then dictUnblockTime.Item(intRemoveBlockTime).Add IP, 1
LogEvent EVENTLOG_ID_BLOCK, EVENTLOG_TYPE_INFORMATION, "Blocked " & IP & " until " & intRemoveBlockTime
End Sub
Sub Unblock(IP)
' Unblock an IP address
Dim strRunCommand
If (TESTING <> 1) Then
If intBlackholeStyle = BLACKHOLE_ROUTE Then strRunCommand = "route delete " & IP & " mask 255.255.255.255 " & blackHoleIPAddress
If intBlackholeStyle = BLACKHOLE_FIREWALL Then strRunCommand = "netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name=""Blackhole " & IP & """"
If DEBUGGING Then WScript.Echo "Executing " & strRunCommand
objShell.Run strRunCommand
End If
LogEvent EVENTLOG_ID_UNBLOCK, EVENTLOG_TYPE_INFORMATION, "Unblocked " & IP
End Sub
Sub LogFailedLogonAttempt(IP)
' Log failed logon attempts and, if necessary, block the IP address
' Have we already seen this IP address before?
If dictIPLastSeenTime.Exists(IP) Then
' Be sure that prior attempts, if they are older than intBlockTimeout, don't count it against the IP
If (dictIPLastSeenTime.Item(IP) + (intBlockTimeout / (24 * 60 * 60))) <= (Date + Time) Then
If dictIPBadLogons.Exists(IP) Then dictIPBadLogons.Remove(IP)
End If
dictIPLastSeenTime.Item(IP) = (Date + Time)
Else
dictIPLastSeenTime.Add IP, (Date + Time)
End If
' Does this IP address already have a history of bad logons?
If dictIPBadLogons.Exists(IP) Then
dictIPBadLogons.Item(IP) = dictIPBadLogons.Item(IP) + 1
Else
dictIPBadLogons.Add IP, 1
End If
If DEBUGGING Then WScript.Echo "Logging bad attempt from " & IP & ", attempt # " & dictIPBadLogons.Item(IP)
' Should we block this IP address?
If dictIPBadLogons.Item(IP) = intBlockAttempts Then Block(IP)
End Sub
Sub ExpireBlocks()
Dim unblockTime, ipAddress
For Each unblockTime in dictUnblockTime.Keys
If unblockTime <= (Date + Time) Then
For Each ipAddress in dictUnblockTime.Item(unblockTime)
Unblock(ipAddress)
If TESTING Then blockedAddresses = blockedAddresses - 1
Next ' ipAddress
dictUnblockTime.Remove unblockTime
End If
Next 'ipAddress
End Sub
' Should an invalid logon from specified user result in an immediate block?
Function BlockImmediate(user)
Dim userToBlock
For Each userToBlock in dictBlockImmediatelyUsers.Keys
If UCase(user) = UCase(userToBlock) Then
BlockImmediate = True
Exit Function
End If
Next 'userToBlock
BlockImmediate = False
End Function
' Fires each time new security events are generated
Sub eventSink_OnObjectReady(objEvent, objWbemAsyncContext)
Dim arrEventMessage, arrInvalidLogonText
Dim IP, user
' Differentiate W2K3 and W2K8+
If objEvent.TargetInstance.SourceName = "Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" Then
user = objEvent.TargetInstance.InsertionStrings(5)
IP = objEvent.TargetInstance.InsertionStrings(19)
Else
' Assume W2K3
user = objEvent.TargetInstance.InsertionStrings(0)
IP = objEvent.TargetInstance.InsertionStrings(11)
End If
' Make sure only characters allowed in IP addresses are passed to external commands
IP = regexpSanitizeIP.Replace(IP, "")
' If the event didn't generate both a username and IP address then do nothing
If (IP <> "") AND (user <> "") Then
If BlockImmediate(user) Then Block(IP) Else LogFailedLogonAttempt(IP)
End If
End Sub
Function GetBlackholeIP()
' Sift through the NICs on the machine to locate a NIC's IP to use to blackhole offending hosts.
' Look for a NIC with no default gateway set and an IP address assigned. Return NULL if we can't
' find one.
Dim objNICs, objNICConfig
Set objNICs = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2").ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration WHERE IPEnabled = TRUE")
' Scan for a NIC with no default gateway set and IP not 0.0.0.0
For Each objNICConfig in objNICs
If IsNull(objNICConfig.DefaultIPGateway) and (objNICConfig.IPAddress(0) <> "0.0.0.0") Then
If DEBUGGING Then WScript.Echo "Decided on black-hole IP address " & objNICConfig.IPAddress(0) & ", interface " & objNICConfig.Description
GetBlackholeIP = objNICConfig.IPAddress(0)
Exit Function
End If
Next
' Couldn't find anything, return NULL to let caller know we failed
GetBlackHoleIP = NULL
End Function
Sub LogEvent(ID, EventType, Message)
' Log an event to the Windows event log
' Sanitize input string
Message = regexpSanitizeEventLog.Replace(Message, "")
If DEBUGGING Then WScript.Echo "Event Log - Event ID: " & ID & ", Type: " & EventType & " - " & Message
' Don't hit the event log during testing
If TESTING Then Exit Sub
If USE_EVENTLOG Then objShell.Exec "EVENTCREATE /L APPLICATION /SO " & EVENTLOG_SOURCE & " /ID " & ID & " /T " & EventType & " /D """ & Message & """"
End Sub
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