Bypass email server filtering provided you have a JDK installed

A few days ago I was facing a funny issue at a client :
  • No usb key access
  • Only CDROM Drive, but I replaced my laptop CDROM by an hardrive
  • Mail attachment agressively scanned and filtered
So the project binaries I had to deliver (that contains .bat files, .jar, which are likely to cause the rejection) was rejected by the mail server.

So I had the idea to make a base64 encoding of the zip file, zip the text resutlt and send it by email...
and it did work ;)

The only requirement is to have a JDK on the traget machine.

I used the SUN.MISC version as it's shipped with the JDK and requires no additional jar.

So Open a text editor, paste the following code : 

import java.io.*;
import sun.misc.BASE64Encoder;

public class EncodeFileWithBase64 {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
 if (args.length < 2) {
     System.out.println("Usage: java EncodeFileWithBASE64 <inputfile> <outputfile>");
     return;
 }

 String inputFile = args[0];
 String outputFile = args[1];

 BASE64Encoder encoder = new BASE64Encoder();
 encoder.encode(
     new FileInputStream(inputFile),
     new FileOutputStream(outputFile)
 );
    }
}

Save it in EncodeFileWithBase64.java

Open another text editor and paste the following code :

import java.io.*; 
import sun.misc.BASE64Encoder; 
import sun.misc.BASE64Decoder; 
  
public class DecodeFileWithBase64 { 
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { 
        if (args.length < 2) { 
            System.out.println("Usage: java DecodeFileWithBASE64 <inputfile> <outputfile>"); 
            return; 
        } 
  
        String inputFile = args[0]; 
        String outputFile = args[1]; 
  
        BASE64Decoder decoder = new BASE64Decoder(); 
        
        decoder.decodeBuffer(new FileInputStream(inputFile), 
        new FileOutputStream(outputFile)); 
        
    } 
} 

And save it to DecodeFileWithBase64.java
Copiy also a small .rar file to make a test so that we can test the integrity of the process


C:\temp\base64>dir
 Volume in drive C is SSD 150GB
 Volume Serial Number is E4B6-8C1D

 Directory of C:\temp\base64

20/04/2012  22:06    <dir>          .
20/04/2012  22:06    <dir>          ..
20/04/2012  22:05               613 DecodeFileWithBase64.java
19/04/2012  23:36               484 EncodeFileWithBase64.java
20/04/2012  22:12           127 025 etc1tool.rar
               3 File(s)        268 873 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  13 491 298 304 bytes free

C:\temp\base64>c:\dev\jdk1.6.0_25\bin\javac.exe *.java
DecodeFileWithBase64.java:2: warning: sun.misc.BASE64Encoder is Sun proprietary API and may be removed in a future release
import sun.misc.BASE64Encoder;
               ^
DecodeFileWithBase64.java:3: warning: sun.misc.BASE64Decoder is Sun proprietary API and may be removed in a future release
import sun.misc.BASE64Decoder;
               ^
EncodeFileWithBase64.java:2: warning: sun.misc.BASE64Encoder is Sun proprietary API and may be removed in a future release
import sun.misc.BASE64Encoder;
               ^
DecodeFileWithBase64.java:15: warning: sun.misc.BASE64Decoder is Sun proprietary API and may be removed in a future release
        BASE64Decoder decoder = new BASE64Decoder();
        ^
DecodeFileWithBase64.java:15: warning: sun.misc.BASE64Decoder is Sun proprietary API and may be removed in a future release
        BASE64Decoder decoder = new BASE64Decoder();
                                    ^
EncodeFileWithBase64.java:14: warning: sun.misc.BASE64Encoder is Sun proprietary API and may be removed in a future release
        BASE64Encoder encoder = new BASE64Encoder();
        ^
EncodeFileWithBase64.java:14: warning: sun.misc.BASE64Encoder is Sun proprietary API and may be removed in a future release
        BASE64Encoder encoder = new BASE64Encoder();
                                    ^
7 warnings

C:\temp\base64>
C:\temp\base64>dir
 Volume in drive C is SSD 150GB
 Volume Serial Number is E4B6-8C1D

 Directory of C:\temp\base64

20/04/2012  22:07    <dir>          .
20/04/2012  22:07    <dir>          ..
20/04/2012  22:07               812 DecodeFileWithBase64.class
20/04/2012  22:05               613 DecodeFileWithBase64.java
20/04/2012  22:07               806 EncodeFileWithBase64.class
19/04/2012  23:36               484 EncodeFileWithBase64.java
20/04/2012  22:12           127 025 etc1tool.rar
               5 File(s)        270 491 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  13 490 741 248 bytes free

C:\temp\base64>

Warning are normal are these class are not supposed to be used.

Now make a test :

C:\temp\base64>java EncodeFileWithBase64 etc1tool.rar etc1tool.rar.txt

C:\temp\base64>dir
 Volume in drive C is SSD 150GB
 Volume Serial Number is E4B6-8C1D

 Directory of C:\temp\base64

20/04/2012  22:15              .
20/04/2012  22:15              ..
20/04/2012  22:07               812 DecodeFileWithBase64.class
20/04/2012  22:05               613 DecodeFileWithBase64.java
20/04/2012  22:07               806 EncodeFileWithBase64.class
19/04/2012  23:36               484 EncodeFileWithBase64.java
20/04/2012  22:12           127 025 etc1tool.rar
20/04/2012  22:15           173 824 etc1tool.rar.txt
               6 File(s)        303 564 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  13 488 807 936 bytes free

C:\temp\base64>
check the produce file, it's a text file :
UmFyIRoHAJvXc0gADQAAAAAAAAB4DXSAgCwAyucBAAAWBAACtdHsHZtGfkAdNQwAIAAAAGV0YzF0
b29sLmV4ZRglkRTMyNmcGCJXxjicFBoBgOEZIy2BZKQBsJSxkZam3G3AI6JNDbhAYFtK67LAs8gl
...
Kvxhs8e6Pi+mM5R3mynJQuXpCFu5svGg1zFS/peYfl2J/Cbr3TZDIsMOJ4SXDwRK9CHm7q8iruk5
E/Rs2mZWjv9Wkiner6lw+Bj3pSb3i8Q9ewBABwA=
Decode the produced file :
C:\temp\base64>java DecodeFileWithBase64 etc1tool.rar.txt etc1tool_decoded.rar

C:\temp\base64>dir
 Volume in drive C is SSD 150GB
 Volume Serial Number is E4B6-8C1D

 Directory of C:\temp\base64

20/04/2012  22:20              .
20/04/2012  22:20              ..
20/04/2012  22:07               812 DecodeFileWithBase64.class
20/04/2012  22:05               613 DecodeFileWithBase64.java
20/04/2012  22:07               806 EncodeFileWithBase64.class
19/04/2012  23:36               484 EncodeFileWithBase64.java
20/04/2012  22:12           127 025 etc1tool.rar
20/04/2012  22:15           173 824 etc1tool.rar.txt
20/04/2012  22:20           127 025 etc1tool_decoded.rar
               7 File(s)        430 589 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  13 486 784 512 bytes free

C:\temp\base64>
Open the produced file and check for error :



No error ! Now you can send it by mail, it will pass as the mail gateway will only see an archive with text inside...

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