SSH tunneling over HTTP Proxy

sudo apt update && sudo apt install gcc

sudo vim http-injector-unix-client.c

/*
MIT License

Copyright (c) [2020] [Ardika Rommy Sanjaya]

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <stddef.h>

#if (__STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L)
#include <stdint.h>
#endif

// https://creativeandcritical.net/str-replace-c
char *repl_str(const char *str, const char *from, const char *to) {

	/* Adjust each of the below values to suit your needs. */

	/* Increment positions cache size initially by this number. */
	size_t cache_sz_inc = 16;
	/* Thereafter, each time capacity needs to be increased,
	 * multiply the increment by this factor. */
	const size_t cache_sz_inc_factor = 3;
	/* But never increment capacity by more than this number. */
	const size_t cache_sz_inc_max = 1048576;

	char *pret, *ret = NULL;
	const char *pstr2, *pstr = str;
	size_t i, count = 0;
	#if (__STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L)
	uintptr_t *pos_cache_tmp, *pos_cache = NULL;
	#else
	ptrdiff_t *pos_cache_tmp, *pos_cache = NULL;
	#endif
	size_t cache_sz = 0;
	size_t cpylen, orglen, retlen, tolen, fromlen = strlen(from);

	/* Find all matches and cache their positions. */
	while ((pstr2 = strstr(pstr, from)) != NULL) {
		count++;

		/* Increase the cache size when necessary. */
		if (cache_sz < count) {
			cache_sz += cache_sz_inc;
			pos_cache_tmp = realloc(pos_cache, sizeof(*pos_cache) * cache_sz);
			if (pos_cache_tmp == NULL) {
				goto end_repl_str;
			} else pos_cache = pos_cache_tmp;
			cache_sz_inc *= cache_sz_inc_factor;
			if (cache_sz_inc > cache_sz_inc_max) {
				cache_sz_inc = cache_sz_inc_max;
			}
		}

		pos_cache[count-1] = pstr2 - str;
		pstr = pstr2 + fromlen;
	}

	orglen = pstr - str + strlen(pstr);

	/* Allocate memory for the post-replacement string. */
	if (count > 0) {
		tolen = strlen(to);
		retlen = orglen + (tolen - fromlen) * count;
	} else	retlen = orglen;
		ret = malloc(retlen + 1);
	if (ret == NULL) {
		goto end_repl_str;
	}

	if (count == 0) {
		/* If no matches, then just duplicate the string. */
		strcpy(ret, str);
	} else {
		/* Otherwise, duplicate the string whilst performing
		 * the replacements using the position cache. */
		pret = ret;
		memcpy(pret, str, pos_cache[0]);
		pret += pos_cache[0];
		for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
			memcpy(pret, to, tolen);
			pret += tolen;
			pstr = str + pos_cache[i] + fromlen;
			cpylen = (i == count-1 ? orglen : pos_cache[i+1]) - pos_cache[i] - fromlen;
			memcpy(pret, pstr, cpylen);
			pret += cpylen;
		}
		ret[retlen] = '\0';
	}

end_repl_str:
	/* Free the cache and return the post-replacement string,
	 * which will be NULL in the event of an error. */
	free(pos_cache);
	return ret;
}

/* connecting to http proxy */

void printHelp() {
	printf("ssh [email protected] -o ProxyCommand=\"./http-injector-client -x 192.168.43.172:44533 -P \'CONNECT 103.129.220.168:22 HTTP/1.1[crlf*2]\'\"\n\n");
	printf("-x: HTTP Proxy.\n");
	printf("-P: HTTP Payload.\n");
	printf("-s: Buffer size (Optional, default: 1023).\n");
}

void *reader(void *args) {
	int fd = *(int *) args;
	char ch;
	while (1) {
    		fread(&ch, 1, 1, stdin);
		send(fd, (void *) &ch, 1, 0);
	}
}

void *writer(void *args) {
	int fd = *(int *) args;
	char ch;
	while (1) {
		recv(fd, (void *) &ch, 1, 0);
		fwrite(&ch, 1, 1, stdout);
		fflush(stdout);
	}
}


int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {

	int fd;
	struct sockaddr_in remote; 

	char *proxy_host = NULL;
	int proxy_port = -1;

	char *payload = NULL;

	int buf_size = 1024;
	int opt;
  	while ((opt = getopt (argc, argv, "x:h:s:P:")) != -1) {
		switch (opt) {
			case 'x':
				proxy_host = strtok(optarg, ":");
				if (proxy_host != NULL) {
					proxy_port = atoi(strtok(NULL, ":"));
				}
				break;
			case 'h':
				printHelp();
				break;
			case 's':
				buf_size = atoi(optarg);
				break;
			case 'P':
				payload = optarg;
				payload = repl_str(payload, "[cr]", "\r");
				payload = repl_str(payload, "[lf]", "\n");
				payload = repl_str(payload, "[crlf]", "\r\n");
				payload = repl_str(payload, "[crlf*2]", "\r\n\r\n");
				payload = repl_str(payload, "[lfcr]", "\n\r");
				break;
		}
	}
	
	if (proxy_host == NULL || proxy_port < 0 || payload == NULL) {
		printHelp();
		exit(-1);
	}

	char buffer[buf_size];
	int sent, read = 0;
	pthread_t worker;


	if ((fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
		printf("\nFailed to open socket file descriptor.\n");
		return -1;
	}

	remote.sin_family = AF_INET;
	remote.sin_port = htons(proxy_port);

	if (inet_pton(AF_INET, proxy_host, &remote.sin_addr) <= 0) {
        	printf("\nInvalid address/Address not supported.\n");
		close(fd);
        	return -1;
    	}

	if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &remote, sizeof(remote)) < 0) {
        	printf("\nConnection Failed.\n");
		close(fd);
        	return -1;
	}

	if ((sent = send(fd, payload, strlen(payload), 0)) < 0) {
		printf("\nFailed to send HTTP payload.\n");
		close(fd);
		return -1;
	}

	memset(buffer, '\0', buf_size);
	while (read == 0) {
		read = recv(fd, buffer, buf_size, 0);
		for (int i = 0; i < read; i++) {
			if (buffer[read - 4] == '\r' && buffer[read - 3] == '\n' && buffer[read - 2] == '\r' && buffer[read - 1] == '\n') {
				read == 0;
				break;
			}
		}
	}

	pthread_create(&worker, NULL, reader, (void*) &fd); 
	writer((void*) &fd);

	close(fd);
	return 0;
}

gcc http-injector-unix-client.c -o http-injector-client -lpthread

ssh [email protected] -o "ProxyCommand=./http-injector-client -x 192.168.43.173:44355 -P 'CONNECT 103.129.220.168:22 HTTP/1.1[crlf*2]'"

*) Parameters

  • -x: HTTP Proxy

  • -P: HTTP request payload (Request connection to ssh server)

  • -s: Buffer size (Optional), default value is 1024.