Getting started with proxmark 3 (Proxmark III)
The proxmark 3 is an rfid card reader/writer/simulator. I recently bought one to play with but it’s non trivial to get started with. These notes assume your looking at something like a Mifare Classic card. Plug in the proxmark 3. If you type lsusb you should see its ID appear:
Bus 003 Device 016: ID 9ac4:4b8f
I’m going assume the firmware is always programmed on to the device, if not you should follow the instructions on their wiki. I’m just going to build the client software. So, do the following:
sudo aptitude install subversion build-essential libreadline5 libreadline-dev libusb-0.1-4 libusb-dev libqt4-dev perl pkg-config svn co http://proxmark3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk proxmark3-read-only cd proxmark3-read-only cd client make
Attach the HF antenna. Attach the proxmark3 to the computer. Place the card on the device.
./proxmark3
Enter tune.
It will return you to the prompt immediately, but don’t enter anything wait 10 seconds or so for the results:
proxmark3> tune > tune #db# Measuring antenna characteristics, please wait. proxmark3> # LF antenna: 0.00 V @ 125.00 kHz # LF antenna: 0.00 V @ 134.00 kHz # LF optimal: 0.00 V @ 12000.00 kHz # HF antenna: 10.51 V @ 13.56 MHz # Your LF antenna is unusable. proxmark3>
You should get something similar to the above. the docs say anything over 5v is ok for the HF voltage. Now you should be ready to read the card. Enter hi14areader:
proxmark3> hi14areader > hi14areader #db# 00001933, 000000cc, 000000cc #db# ready.. proxmark3>
That reads the data, but doesn’t print it. To do that you need hi14list:
proxmark3> hi14alist > hi14alist proxmark3> recorded activity: ETU :rssi: who bytes ---------+----+----+----------- + 0: : 52 + 68: 0: TAG 04 00 + -68: : 93 20 + 144: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -144: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 212: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -212: : 60 00 f5 7b + 337: 0: TAG 6c 7d 71 86 + -337: : 52 + 0: : 52 + 405: 0: TAG 04 00 + -405: : 93 20 + 481: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -481: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 549: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -549: : 60 00 f5 7b + 674: 0: TAG c0 8f b6 49 + -674: : 52 + 0: : 52 + 742: 0: TAG 04 00 + -742: : 93 20 + 810: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -810: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 878: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -878: : 60 00 f5 7b + 1003: 0: TAG 36 fa 2c 3c + -1003: : 52 + 0: : 52 + 1079: 0: TAG 04 00 + -1079: : 93 20 + 1147: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -1147: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 1223: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -1223: : 60 00 f5 7b + 1340: 0: TAG 36 04 9c 65 + -1340: : 52 + 0: : 52 + 1416: 0: TAG 04 00 + -1416: : 93 20 + 1484: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -1484: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 1560: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -1560: : 60 00 f5 7b + 1685: 0: TAG 9f 45 67 46 + -1685: : 52 + 0: : 52 + 1753: 0: TAG 04 00 + -1753: : 93 20 + 1829: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -1829: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 1905: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -1905: : 60 00 f5 7b + 2030: 0: TAG 4b 0d da 1f + -2030: : 52 + 0: : 52 + 2106: 0: TAG 04 00 + -2106: : 93 20 + 2174: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -2174: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 2250: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -2250: : 60 00 f5 7b + 2367: 0: TAG b3 d1 64 59 + -2367: : 52 + 0: : 52 + 2435: 0: TAG 04 00 + -2435: : 93 20 + 2503: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -2503: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 2571: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -2571: : 60 00 f5 7b + 2696: 0: TAG c0 e7 f6 35 + -2696: : 52 + 0: : 52 + 2772: 0: TAG 04 00 + -2772: : 93 20 + 2840: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -2840: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 2916: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -2916: : 60 00 f5 7b + 3033: 0: TAG d0 df 20 f5 + -3033: : 52 + 0: : 52 + 3101: 0: TAG 04 00 + -3101: : 93 20 + 3169: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -3169: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 3237: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -3237: : 60 00 f5 7b + 3362: 0: TAG 84 c0 b1 06 + -3362: : 52 + 0: : 52 + 3438: 0: TAG 04 00 + -3438: : 93 20 + 3506: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -3506: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 3582: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -3582: : 60 00 f5 7b + 3707: 0: TAG 7e 75 25 ad + -3707: : 52 + 0: : 52 + 3775: 0: TAG 04 00 + -3775: : 93 20 + 3851: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -3851: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 3919: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -3919: : 60 00 f5 7b + 4044: 0: TAG af a5 5c fd + -4044: : 52 + 0: : 52 + 4120: 0: TAG 04 00 + -4120: : 93 20 + 4188: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -4188: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 4264: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -4264: : 60 00 f5 7b + 4389: 0: TAG 29 8e 17 20 + -4389: : 52 + 0: : 52 + 4465: 0: TAG 04 00 + -4465: : 93 20 + 4533: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -4533: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 4609: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -4609: : 60 00 f5 7b + 4734: 0: TAG 02 0e 32 5c + -4734: : 52 + 0: : 52 + 4810: 0: TAG 04 00 + -4810: : 93 20 + 4886: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -4886: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 4954: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -4954: : 60 00 f5 7b + 5079: 0: TAG 5b 01 2c e1 + -5079: : 52 + 0: : 52 + 5155: 0: TAG 04 00 + -5155: : 93 20 + 5223: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -5223: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 5299: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -5299: : 60 00 f5 7b + 5424: 0: TAG 79 14 4b eb + -5424: : 52 + 0: : 52 + 5492: 0: TAG 04 00 + -5492: : 93 20 + 5568: 0: TAG eb 5c 96 69 48 + -5568: : 93 70 eb 5c 96 69 48 15 d4 + 5636: 0: TAG 08 b6 dd + -5636: : 60 00 f5 7b + 5761: 0: TAG a9 38 53 08 + -5761: : 52 proxmark3>