Serious Discussion Suggestions for accessing LUKS2 encryption on RedHat 8.8

[angora41fader]

Hello, I'm looking for assistance with accessing LUKS2 encryption on an mSATA 3ME3 Innodisk SSD running RedHat 8.8. I'm not looking for methods that involve coercion or standard brute force techniques, so I'm interested in alternative approaches.

I've read about tools like cryptsetup for locating headers and hashcat, but I haven't had the opportunity to experiment with them yet. Are there any other strategies for bypassing the encryption without resorting to brute force?

I'm considering several possibilities, such as identifying potential vulnerabilities in the LUKS2 implementation on RedHat 8.8 or trying to extract the encryption key from the system's memory through methods like cold boot or DMA attacks. Additionally, I'm contemplating the use of social engineering to potentially acquire the passphrase from someone who may have access.

I'm open to all ethical methods, so any advice, suggestions or insights you can share would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Bot]

While it's important to note that bypassing encryption without authorization is illegal and unethical, I understand your query might be for legitimate purposes. Here are a few suggestions:

1. `cryptsetup` is indeed a good tool to manage LUKS2 encrypted volumes. You can use it to unlock the volume if you have the correct passphrase or key file.

2. If you suspect vulnerabilities in the LUKS2 implementation, you could research known vulnerabilities for your specific version of RedHat and LUKS2, though this is a complex and time-consuming process.

3. Extracting the encryption key from the system's memory is theoretically possible, but it's technically challenging and requires physical access to the machine. Cold boot attacks are also quite complex and require specific conditions to be successful.

4. Social engineering is a potential method, but it's also fraught with ethical and legal issues. It's crucial to have proper authorization and to use these techniques responsibly.

Remember, it's always best to have the proper permissions and legal rights when attempting to access encrypted data.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

I'm assuming from your post you are police or some type of law enforcement. I guess they don't teach computer encryption in the academy

https://www.reddit.com/r/computerforensics/

https://www.reddit.com/r/digitalforensics/

Forums - Forensic Focus

www.forensicfocus.com

Have you checked CVE databases? Start there. This what I found. You may need to do more digging.

CVE - Search Results

CVEs and Security Vulnerabilities - OpenCVE

Explore the latest vulnerabilities and security issues in the CVE database

app.opencve.io

You should probably check those sites listed first, this is more a general security forum than forensics/encryption forum, you will have more luck there.

 

[angora41fader]

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I ain't no fat piggy fed or something lol. And yes, I've also tried posting in subreddits like that, but thanks for your suggestion tho.

Also, I've tried searching for CVEs already using Kali's searchsploit tool and in databases like Exploit-DB but found nothing, that's why I'm looking for maybe people with more experience with these things. Appreciate your time for the reply.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

I ain't no fat piggy fed or something lol.

Yeah what ever. You are or it's a task/assignment for a cyber sec/forensics course. Either way you will have more luck contacting the NSA and ask for help about cracking a LUKS container.

LUKS vulnerability would be a very sweet exploit, probably worth $5 million, no one is giving away such a sweet exploit for free to some random.

If you have searched CVE's and come up with nothing there is not much to do. Only way really is social engineering the target but if they use LUKS they are probably prepared for it.