#!/usr/local/bin/python """ Derive RSA modulus n, given two signed messages and their signatures. Copyright 2007 Nate Lawson S1^e - M1 = K1 * n S2^e - M2 = K2 * n n ~= gcd(K1 * n, K2 * n) Algorithm described to me by Paul Kocher and Joshua Jaffe. """ # Toy values for simple RSA system e = 5 d = 29 n = 5*7 # This can be any number of plaintext messages < n. The more, the more # accurate the value derived for n (up to a point). Remember, this is # actually a hash and padding, not the signed data itself. msgs = [3, 22, 5] import operator def derive_n(e, sigs, msgs): 'Figure out RSA modulus n from a set of signatures and messages' x = [(s**e) - m for m, s in zip(msgs, sigs)] factor_list = [] for y, z in pairs(x): g = gcd(y, z) factor_list.append(set(trialfactor(g))) # Find the intersection of all factors, this will leave us with n int_list = reduce(set.intersection, factor_list) n = reduce(operator.mul, int_list) return n def gcd(a, b): 'Calculate greatest common divisor of a and b' if a == 0: return b return abs(gcd(b % a, a)) def pairs(vals): 'Generate all pairs of items from a flat list' x = [] for i in vals[1:]: x.append((vals[0], i)) if len(vals) >= 2: x += pairs(vals[1:]) return x def trialfactor(val): 'Return all factors of a number using trial division by primes < ~1000' primes = [ 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 127, 131, 137, 139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, 173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199, 211, 223, 227, 229, 233, 239, 241, 251, 257, 263, 269, 271, 277, 281, 283, 293, 307, 311, 313, 317, 331, 337, 347, 349, 353, 359, 367, 373, 379, 383, 389, 397, 401, 409, 419, 421, 431, 433, 439, 443, 449, 457, 461, 463, 467, 479, 487, 491, 499, 503, 509, 521, 523, 541, 547, 557, 563, 569, 571, 577, 587, 593, 599, 601, 607, 613, 617, 619, 631, 641, 643, 647, 653, 659, 661, 673, 677, 683, 691, 701, 709, 719, 727, 733, 739, 743, 751, 757, 761, 769, 773, 787, 797, 809, 811, 821, 823, 827, 829, 839, 853, 857, 859, 863, 877, 881, 883, 887, 907, 911, 919, 929, 937, 941, 947, 953, 967, 971, 977, 983, 991, 997, 1009, 1013 ] fact = [] max = primes[-1] for i in primes: if i >= val: break if val % i == 0: fact.append(i) # If no small factors, return just the number itself if len(fact) == 0: fact.append(val) return fact # Simulate factory by calculating signatures for all messages sigs = [(x**d) % n for x in msgs] # Run attack to derive modulus n guess_e = 5 print 'messages', msgs print 'signatures', sigs print 'guess of e =', guess_e print 'RSA modulus n is', derive_n(guess_e, sigs, msgs)