md5.cpp File Reference

Simple C++ implementation of the MD5 Hashing Algorithm More...

#include <algorithm>
#include <array>
#include <cassert>
#include <cstdint>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

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Namespaces
namespace	hashing
	Used for assert.
namespace	MD5
	Functions for the MD5 algorithm implementation.

Functions
uint32_t	hashing::md5::leftRotate32bits (uint32_t n, std::size_t rotate)
	Rotates the bits of a 32-bit unsigned integer.
bool	hashing::md5::isBigEndian ()
	Checks whether integers are stored as big endian or not.
uint32_t	hashing::md5::toLittleEndian32 (uint32_t n)
	Sets 32-bit integer to little-endian if needed.
uint64_t	hashing::md5::toLittleEndian64 (uint64_t n)
	Sets 64-bit integer to little-endian if needed.
std::string	hashing::md5::sig2hex (void *sig)
	Transforms the 128-bit MD5 signature into a 32 char hex string.
void *	hashing::md5::hash_bs (const void *input_bs, uint64_t input_size)
	The MD5 algorithm itself, taking in a bytestring.
void *	hashing::md5::hash (const std::string &message)
	Converts the string to bytestring and calls the main algorithm.
static void	test ()
	Self-test implementations of well-known MD5 hashes.
static void	interactive ()
	Puts user in a loop where inputs can be given and MD5 hash will be computed and printed.
int	main ()
	Main function.

Detailed Description

Simple C++ implementation of the MD5 Hashing Algorithm

Author

tGautot

The MD5 Algorithm is a hashing algorithm which was designed in 1991 by Ronal Rivest.

MD5 is one of the most used hashing algorithm there is. Some of its use cases are:

1. Providing checksum for downloaded software
2. Store salted password

However MD5 has be know to be cryptographically weak for quite some time, yet it is still widely used. This weakness was exploited by the Flame Malware in 2012

Algorithm

First of all, all values are expected to be in [little endian] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness). This is especially important when using part of the bytestring as an integer.

The first step of the algorithm is to pad the message for its length to be a multiple of 64 (bytes). This is done by first adding 0x80 (10000000) and then only zeroes until the last 8 bytes must be filled, where then the 64 bit size of the input will be added

Once this is done, the algo breaks down this padded message into 64 bytes chunks. Each chunk is used for one round, a round breaks the chunk into 16 blocks of 4 bytes. During these rounds the algorithm will update its 128 bit state (represented by 4 ints: A,B,C,D) For more precisions on these operations please see the Wikipedia aritcle. The signature given by MD5 is its 128 bit state once all rounds are done.

Note

This is a simple implementation for a byte string but some implmenetations can work on bytestream, messages of unknown length.

Definition in file md5.cpp.

Function Documentation

hash()

void * hashing::md5::hash

(

const std::string &

message

)

Converts the string to bytestring and calls the main algorithm.

Parameters

message

Plain character message to hash

Returns

void* Pointer to the MD5 signature

Definition at line 288 of file md5.cpp.

                                     {
    return hash_bs(&message[0], message.size());
}

hash_bs()

void * hashing::md5::hash_bs	(	const void *	input_bs,
		uint64_t	input_size )

The MD5 algorithm itself, taking in a bytestring.

Parameters

input_bs	The bytestring to hash
input_size	The size (in BYTES) of the input

Returns

void* Pointer to the 128-bit signature

Values of K are pseudo-random and used to "salt" each round The values can be obtained by the following python code

from math import floor, sin
 
for i in range(64):
    print(floor(2**32 * abs(sin(i+1))))

Definition at line 139 of file md5.cpp.

                                                         {
    auto* input = static_cast<const uint8_t*>(input_bs);
 
    // Step 0: Initial Data (Those are decided in the MD5 protocol)
    // s is the shift used in the leftrotate each round
    std::array<uint32_t, 64> s = {
        7, 12, 17, 22, 7, 12, 17, 22, 7, 12, 17, 22, 7, 12, 17, 22,
        5, 9,  14, 20, 5, 9,  14, 20, 5, 9,  14, 20, 5, 9,  14, 20,
        4, 11, 16, 23, 4, 11, 16, 23, 4, 11, 16, 23, 4, 11, 16, 23,
        6, 10, 15, 21, 6, 10, 15, 21, 6, 10, 15, 21, 6, 10, 15, 21};
    // K is pseudo-random values used each round
    // The values can be obtained by the following python code:
 
    std::array<uint32_t, 64> K = {
        3614090360, 3905402710, 606105819,  3250441966, 4118548399, 1200080426,
        2821735955, 4249261313, 1770035416, 2336552879, 4294925233, 2304563134,
        1804603682, 4254626195, 2792965006, 1236535329, 4129170786, 3225465664,
        643717713,  3921069994, 3593408605, 38016083,   3634488961, 3889429448,
        568446438,  3275163606, 4107603335, 1163531501, 2850285829, 4243563512,
        1735328473, 2368359562, 4294588738, 2272392833, 1839030562, 4259657740,
        2763975236, 1272893353, 4139469664, 3200236656, 681279174,  3936430074,
        3572445317, 76029189,   3654602809, 3873151461, 530742520,  3299628645,
        4096336452, 1126891415, 2878612391, 4237533241, 1700485571, 2399980690,
        4293915773, 2240044497, 1873313359, 4264355552, 2734768916, 1309151649,
        4149444226, 3174756917, 718787259,  3951481745};
 
    // The initial 128-bit state
    uint32_t a0 = 0x67452301, A = 0;
    uint32_t b0 = 0xefcdab89, B = 0;
    uint32_t c0 = 0x98badcfe, C = 0;
    uint32_t d0 = 0x10325476, D = 0;
 
    // Step 1: Processing the bytestring
 
    // First compute the size the padded message will have
    // so it is possible to allocate the right amount of memory
    uint64_t padded_message_size = 0;
    if (input_size % 64 < 56) {
        padded_message_size = input_size + 64 - (input_size % 64);
    } else {
        padded_message_size = input_size + 128 - (input_size % 64);
    }
 
    std::vector<uint8_t> padded_message(padded_message_size);
 
    // Beginning of the padded message is the original message
    std::copy(input, input + input_size, padded_message.begin());
 
    // Afterwards comes a single 1 bit and then only zeroes
    padded_message[input_size] = 1 << 7;  // 10000000
    for (uint64_t i = input_size; i % 64 != 56; i++) {
        if (i == input_size) {
            continue;  // pass first iteration
        }
        padded_message[i] = 0;
    }
 
    // We then have to add the 64-bit size of the message at the end
    // When there is a conversion from int to bytestring or vice-versa
    // We always need to make sure it is little endian
    uint64_t input_bitsize_le = toLittleEndian64(input_size * 8);
    for (uint8_t i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
        padded_message[padded_message_size - 8 + i] =
            (input_bitsize_le >> (56 - 8 * i)) & 0xFF;
    }
 
    // Already allocate memory for blocks
    std::array<uint32_t, 16> blocks{};
 
    // Rounds
    for (uint64_t chunk = 0; chunk * 64 < padded_message_size; chunk++) {
        // First, build the 16 32-bits blocks from the chunk
        for (uint8_t bid = 0; bid < 16; bid++) {
            blocks[bid] = 0;
 
            // Having to build a 32-bit word from 4-bit words
            // Add each and shift them to the left
            for (uint8_t cid = 0; cid < 4; cid++) {
                blocks[bid] = (blocks[bid] << 8) +
                              padded_message[chunk * 64 + bid * 4 + cid];
            }
        }
 
        A = a0;
        B = b0;
        C = c0;
        D = d0;
 
        // Main "hashing" loop
        for (uint8_t i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
            uint32_t F = 0, g = 0;
            if (i < 16) {
                F = (B & C) | ((~B) & D);
                g = i;
            } else if (i < 32) {
                F = (D & B) | ((~D) & C);
                g = (5 * i + 1) % 16;
            } else if (i < 48) {
                F = B ^ C ^ D;
                g = (3 * i + 5) % 16;
            } else {
                F = C ^ (B | (~D));
                g = (7 * i) % 16;
            }
 
            // Update the accumulators
            F += A + K[i] + toLittleEndian32(blocks[g]);
 
            A = D;
            D = C;
            C = B;
            B += leftRotate32bits(F, s[i]);
        }
        // Update the state with this chunk's hash
        a0 += A;
        b0 += B;
        c0 += C;
        d0 += D;
    }
 
    // Build signature from state
    // Note, any type could be used for the signature
    // uint8_t was used to make the 16 bytes obvious
    // The sig needs to be little endian
    auto* sig = new uint8_t[16];
    for (uint8_t i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
        sig[i] = (a0 >> (8 * i)) & 0xFF;
        sig[i + 4] = (b0 >> (8 * i)) & 0xFF;
        sig[i + 8] = (c0 >> (8 * i)) & 0xFF;
        sig[i + 12] = (d0 >> (8 * i)) & 0xFF;
    }
 
    return sig;
}

interactive()

static void interactive ( )

static

Puts user in a loop where inputs can be given and MD5 hash will be computed and printed.

Returns

void

Definition at line 352 of file md5.cpp.

                          {
    while (true) {
        std::string input;
        std::cout << "Enter a message to be hashed (Ctrl-C to exit): "
                  << std::endl;
        std::getline(std::cin, input);
        void* sig = hashing::md5::hash(input);
        std::cout << "Hash is: " << hashing::md5::sig2hex(sig) << std::endl;
 
        while (true) {
            std::cout << "Want to enter another message? (y/n) ";
            std::getline(std::cin, input);
            if (input.compare("y") == 0) {
                break;
            } else if (input.compare("n") == 0) {
                return;
            }
        }
    }
}

isBigEndian()

bool hashing::md5::isBigEndian

(

)

Checks whether integers are stored as big endian or not.

Note

Taken from this StackOverflow post

Returns

true IF integers are detected to work as big-endian

false IF integers are detected to work as little-endian

Definition at line 77 of file md5.cpp.

                   {
    union {
        uint32_t i;
        std::array<char, 4> c;
    } bint = {0x01020304};
 
    return bint.c[0] == 1;
}

leftRotate32bits()

uint32_t hashing::md5::leftRotate32bits	(	uint32_t	n,
		std::size_t	rotate )

Rotates the bits of a 32-bit unsigned integer.

Parameters

n	Integer to rotate
rotate	How many bits for the rotation

Returns

uint32_t The rotated integer

Definition at line 67 of file md5.cpp.

                                                        {
    return (n << rotate) | (n >> (32 - rotate));
}

main()

int main

(

void

)

Main function.

Returns

0 on exit

Definition at line 377 of file md5.cpp.

           {
    test();  // run self-test implementations
 
    // Launch interactive mode where user can input messages and see
    // their hash
    interactive();
    return 0;
}

sig2hex()

std::string hashing::md5::sig2hex

(

void *

sig

)

Transforms the 128-bit MD5 signature into a 32 char hex string.

Parameters

sig	The MD5 signature (Expected 16 bytes)

Returns

std::string The hex signature

Definition at line 123 of file md5.cpp.

                             {
    const char* hexChars = "0123456789abcdef";
    auto* intsig = static_cast<uint8_t*>(sig);
    std::string hex = "";
    for (uint8_t i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
        hex.push_back(hexChars[(intsig[i] >> 4) & 0xF]);
        hex.push_back(hexChars[(intsig[i]) & 0xF]);
    }
    return hex;
}

test()

static void test ( )

static

Self-test implementations of well-known MD5 hashes.

Returns

void

Definition at line 298 of file md5.cpp.

                   {
    // Hashes empty string and stores signature
    void* sig = hashing::md5::hash("");
    std::cout << "Hashing empty string" << std::endl;
    // Prints signature hex representation
    std::cout << hashing::md5::sig2hex(sig) << std::endl << std::endl;
    // Test with cassert whether sig is correct from the expected value
    assert(hashing::md5::sig2hex(sig).compare(
               "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e") == 0);
 
    // Hashes "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" and stores signature
    void* sig2 =
        hashing::md5::hash("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog");
    std::cout << "Hashing The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
              << std::endl;
    // Prints signature hex representation
    std::cout << hashing::md5::sig2hex(sig2) << std::endl << std::endl;
    // Test with cassert whether sig is correct from the expected value
    assert(hashing::md5::sig2hex(sig2).compare(
               "9e107d9d372bb6826bd81d3542a419d6") == 0);
 
    // Hashes "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." (notice the
    // additional period) and stores signature
    void* sig3 =
        hashing::md5::hash("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.");
    std::cout << "Hashing "
                 "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
              << std::endl;
    // Prints signature hex representation
    std::cout << hashing::md5::sig2hex(sig3) << std::endl << std::endl;
    // Test with cassert whether sig is correct from the expected value
    assert(hashing::md5::sig2hex(sig3).compare(
               "e4d909c290d0fb1ca068ffaddf22cbd0") == 0);
 
    // Hashes "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"
    // and stores signature
    void* sig4 = hashing::md5::hash(
        "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789");
    std::cout
        << "Hashing "
           "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"
        << std::endl;
    // Prints signature hex representation
    std::cout << hashing::md5::sig2hex(sig4) << std::endl << std::endl;
    // Test with cassert whether sig is correct from the expected value
    assert(hashing::md5::sig2hex(sig4).compare(
               "d174ab98d277d9f5a5611c2c9f419d9f") == 0);
}

toLittleEndian32()

uint32_t hashing::md5::toLittleEndian32

(

uint32_t

n

)

Sets 32-bit integer to little-endian if needed.

Parameters

n	Number to set to little-endian (uint32_t)

Returns

uint32_t param n with binary representation as little-endian

Definition at line 90 of file md5.cpp.

                                      {
    if (!isBigEndian()) {
        return ((n << 24) & 0xFF000000) | ((n << 8) & 0x00FF0000) |
               ((n >> 8) & 0x0000FF00) | ((n >> 24) & 0x000000FF);
    }
    // Machine works on little endian, no need to change anything
    return n;
}

toLittleEndian64()

uint64_t hashing::md5::toLittleEndian64

(

uint64_t

n

)

Sets 64-bit integer to little-endian if needed.

Parameters

n	Number to set to little-endian (uint64_t)

Returns

uint64_t param n with binary representation as little-endian

Definition at line 103 of file md5.cpp.

                                      {
    if (!isBigEndian()) {
        return ((n << 56) & 0xFF00000000000000) |
               ((n << 40) & 0x00FF000000000000) |
               ((n << 24) & 0x0000FF0000000000) |
               ((n << 8) & 0x000000FF00000000) |
               ((n >> 8) & 0x00000000FF000000) |
               ((n >> 24) & 0x0000000000FF0000) |
               ((n >> 40) & 0x000000000000FF00) |
               ((n >> 56) & 0x00000000000000FF);
        ;
    }
    // Machine works on little endian, no need to change anything
    return n;
}