OUI (MAC address) lookup script

[Hawkje]

I couldn't find a tool in BackTrack 4 that allowed me to lookup OUIs (Organizationally Unique Identifier), so I decided to write one myself. Of course it could just be me and that I overlooked a tool already present in BackTrack to do this, in that case, please react on this post telling which tool.

The tool I wrote is a small Perl script that uses the OUI list of aircrack-ng located in /usr/local/etc/aircrack-ng/airodump-ng-oui.txt, the code of the tool is listed below together with some example outputs.
I have no idea if anyone else thinks this is useful, but I decided to post it here in case anyone can use it.

#!/usr/bin/perl
# MAC address OUI checker
# Thijs (Thice) Bosschert
# http://www.thice.nl
# v0.1 24-06-2010

# Print header
print "\n  MAC address OUI checker v0.1\n".
      "  by Thijs (Thice) Bosschert\n\n";

# Check if argument has been given
if (!$ARGV[0]) {
  &error;
}

# Removing seperators from MAC address and uppercase chars
$ARGV[0] =~ s/[:|\s|-]//g;
$ARGV[0] =~ y/a-z/A-Z/;

# Get OUI from MAC
if ($ARGV[0] =~ /^([0-9a-f]{6})/i) {
  $OUI = $1;
  print "  Checking OUI: ".$OUI."\n";
} else {
  &error;
}

# Open OUI file from aircrack-ng
open(FILE,"/usr/local/etc/aircrack-ng/airodump-ng-oui.txt");
  while (<FILE>) {
    ($checkoui,$company) = split(/\(hex\)/,$_);
    $checkoui =~ s/[-|\s]//g;
    # Check if OUI can be found in the list
    if ($OUI eq $checkoui) {
      $company =~ s/\t//g;
      # Output found OUI
      print "  Found OUI: ".$OUI." - ".$company."\n\n";
      exit;
    }
  }
close(FILE);

# Show if OUI was not found
print "  Could not find OUI: ".$OUI."\n\n";

# Error messages
sub error {
  print "  Error: No MAC address or OUI specified or could not recognize it.\n".
        "    Usage: perl OUI_lookup.pl <MAC/OUI>\n".
        "    MAC can be submitted as:\n".
        "       001122334455\n".
        "       00:11:22:33:44:55\n".
        "       00-11-22-33-44-55\n".
        "    OUI can be submitted as:\n".
        "       001122\n".
        "       00:11:22\n".
        "       00-11-22\n\n";
  exit;
}

Output:

root@bt:~/WiFi# perl OUI_lookup.pl test

  MAC address OUI checker v0.1
  by Thijs (Thice) Bosschert

  Error: No MAC address or OUI specified or could not recognize it.
    Usage: perl OUI_lookup.pl <MAC/OUI>
    MAC can be submitted as:
       001122334455
       00:11:22:33:44:55
       00-11-22-33-44-55
    OUI can be submitted as:
       001122
       00:11:22
       00-11-22

root@bt:~/WiFi# perl OUI_lookup.pl 00:11:22

  MAC address OUI checker v0.1
  by Thijs (Thice) Bosschert

  Checking OUI: 001122
  Found OUI: 001122 - CIMSYS Inc


root@bt:~/WiFi# perl OUI_lookup.pl 001122334455

  MAC address OUI checker v0.1
  by Thijs (Thice) Bosschert

  Checking OUI: 001122
  Found OUI: 001122 - CIMSYS Inc


root@bt:~/WiFi# perl OUI_lookup.pl FF:FF:FF

  MAC address OUI checker v0.1
  by Thijs (Thice) Bosschert

  Checking OUI: FFFFFF
  Could not find OUI: FFFFFF

[lupin]

Moving this here from the Tools Request forum since I think its a better fit.

[Gitsnik]

Ah I like it. Much better than manually grepping for it and I can see some code changes in my scripts already.

On that note though, some slight improvements to the code - it happened to me so I'm passing on the knowledge. Some of it available here: Ancient Perl / Perl 5 Wiki and other bits just my experience in the past. I've cleaned up the sanitation code at the top, cut out the use of variables to help speed things up a little.

In terms of other tools I'm not familiar with any, I usually just grep the nmap OUI file if I need to look one up.

The formatting may have changed slightly (I use different tab stops), but here it is:

#!/usr/bin/env perl
# MAC address OUI checker
# Thijs (Thice) Bosschert
# http://www.thice.nl
# v0.1 24-06-2010

# Print header
print "\n	MAC address OUI checker v0.1\n".
	"	by Thijs (Thice) Bosschert\n\n";

# Check if argument has been given
if (!$ARGV[0]) {
	fatal_error();
}

# Removing seperators from MAC address and uppercase chars
my $OUI = uc($ARGV[0]);
$OUI =~ s/[^0-9A-F]//g;

# Get OUI from MAC
if ($OUI =~ /^[0-9A-F]{6}/) {
	print "	Checking OUI: ".$OUI."\n";
} else {
	fatal_error();
}

# Open OUI file from aircrack-ng
open(my $fh, "<", "/usr/local/etc/aircrack-ng/airodump-ng-oui.txt") || die "Fatal: Can not find airodump file";
while (<$fh>) {
	($checkoui,$company) = split(/\(hex\)/,$_);
	$checkoui =~ s/[-|\s]//g;
	# Check if OUI can be found in the list
	if ($OUI eq $checkoui) {
		$company =~ s/\t//g;
		# Output found OUI
		print "	Found OUI: ".$OUI." - ".$company."\n\n";
		exit;
	}
}
close($fh);

# Show if OUI was not found
print "	Could not find OUI: ".$OUI."\n\n";

# Error messages
sub fatal_error {
	print "	Error: No MAC address or OUI specified or could not recognize it.\n".
			"		Usage: perl $0 <MAC/OUI>\n".
			"		MAC can be submitted as:\n".
			"			 001122334455\n".
			"			 00:11:22:33:44:55\n".
			"			 00-11-22-33-44-55\n".
			"		OUI can be submitted as:\n".
			"			 001122\n".
			"			 00:11:22\n".
			"			 00-11-22\n\n";
	exit;
}

It is also possible to install it to /bin/ if you wish:

sudo cp OUI_lookup.pl /bin/OUI_lookup && sudo chmod +x /bin/OUI_lookup

Which means you can just type:

OUI_lookup 00:11:22:33:44:55

Anyhow good job Hawkje, not a bad first post to these forums.

[Hawkje]

On that note though, some slight improvements to the code - it happened to me so I'm passing on the knowledge. Some of it available here: Ancient Perl / Perl 5 Wiki and other bits just my experience in the past. I've cleaned up the sanitation code at the top, cut out the use of variables to help speed things up a little.

Autsj! Thanks for that, I have been writing Perl for years but always the same way since I learned it, I have read the link and will try to keep it in mind from now on

It is also possible to install it to /bin/ if you wish:

sudo cp OUI_lookup.pl /bin/OUI_lookup && sudo chmod +x /bin/OUI_lookup

Which means you can just type:

OUI_lookup 00:11:22:33:44:55

I really like that, I just did it to my install.

I adjusted the code a bit further to display different error messages in case it is installed in the bin directory instead of ran from command line with Perl. I further made some minor adjustments and placed the OUI file location at the beginning as a variable for easier adjustment for when someone would want to change this.

#!/usr/bin/env perl
# MAC address OUI checker
# Thijs (Thice) Bosschert
# http://www.thice.nl
# v0.3 25-06-2010

$ouifile = "/usr/local/etc/aircrack-ng/airodump-ng-oui.txt";

# Print header
print "\n  MAC address OUI checker v0.3\n".
        "  by Thijs (Thice) Bosschert\n\n";

# Check if argument has been given
if (!$ARGV[0]) {
        fatal_error();
}

# Removing seperators from MAC address and uppercase chars
my $OUI = uc($ARGV[0]);
$OUI =~ s/[^0-9A-F]//g;

# Get OUI from MAC
if ($OUI =~ /^[0-9A-F]{6}/) {
        print "  Checking OUI: ".$OUI."\n";
} else {
        fatal_error();
}

# Open OUI file from aircrack-ng
open(my $fh, "<", $ouifile) || die "  Error: Can not access OUI file: $ouifile";
while (<$fh>) {
        ($checkoui,$company) = split(/\(hex\)/,$_);
        $checkoui =~ s/[-|\s]//g;
        # Check if OUI can be found in the list
        if ($OUI eq $checkoui) {
                $company =~ s/\t//g;
                chomp($company);
                # Output found OUI
                print "  Found OUI: ".$OUI." - ".$company."\n\n";
                exit;
        }
}
close($fh);

# Show if OUI was not found
print "  Could not find OUI: ".$OUI."\n\n";

# Error messages
sub fatal_error {

        print "  Error: No MAC address or OUI specified or could not recognize it.\n";
        if ($0 =~ /^\/bin\/(.*)/) {
                print "  Usage: $1 <MAC/OUI>\n";
        } else {
                print "  Usage: perl $0 <MAC/OUI>\n";
        }
        print "  MAC can be submitted as:\n".
                "                001122334455\n".
                "                00:11:22:33:44:55\n".
                "                00-11-22-33-44-55\n".
                "        OUI can be submitted as:\n".
                "                001122\n".
                "                00:11:22\n".
                "                00-11-22\n\n";
        exit;
}

As extra information: To update the aircrack-ng OUI file you can run the command "airodump-ng-oui-update"

root@bt:~# airodump-ng-oui-update
[*] Downloading IEEE OUI file...
[*] Parsing OUI file...
[*] Airodump-ng OUI file successfully updated

Thanks for your feedback!

[Hawkje]

I am afraid one of the changes of Gitsnik introduced a little bug in the code, it only would work on OUIs and no more on full MACs. I fixed that in the code below.

#!/usr/bin/env perl
# MAC address OUI checker
# Thijs (Thice) Bosschert
# http://www.thice.nl
# v0.4 25-06-2010

$ouifile = "/usr/local/etc/aircrack-ng/airodump-ng-oui.txt";

# Print header
print "\n  MAC address OUI checker v0.4\n".
        "  by Thijs (Thice) Bosschert\n\n";

# Check if argument has been given
if (!$ARGV[0]) {
        fatal_error();
}

# Removing seperators from MAC address and uppercase chars
my $OUI = uc($ARGV[0]);
$OUI =~ s/[^0-9A-F]//g;

# Get OUI from MAC
if ($OUI =~ /^([0-9A-F]{6})/) {
        $OUI = $1;
        print "  Checking OUI: ".$OUI."\n";
} else {
        fatal_error();
}

# Open OUI file from aircrack-ng
open(my $fh, "<", $ouifile) || die "  Error: Can not access OUI file: $ouifile";
while (<$fh>) {
        ($checkoui,$company) = split(/\(hex\)/,$_);
        $checkoui =~ s/[-|\s]//g;
        # Check if OUI can be found in the list
        if ($OUI eq $checkoui) {
                $company =~ s/\t//g;
                chomp($company);
                # Output found OUI
                print "  Found OUI: ".$OUI." - ".$company."\n\n";
                exit;
        }
}
close($fh);

# Show if OUI was not found
print "  Could not find OUI: ".$OUI."\n\n";

# Error messages
sub fatal_error {

        print "  Error: No MAC address or OUI specified or could not recognize it.\n";
        if ($0 =~ /^\/bin\/(.*)/) {
                print "  Usage: $1 \n";
        } else {
                print "  Usage: perl $0 \n";
        }
        print "  MAC can be submitted as:\n".
                "                001122334455\n".
                "                00:11:22:33:44:55\n".
                "                00-11-22-33-44-55\n".
                "        OUI can be submitted as:\n".
                "                001122\n".
                "                00:11:22\n".
                "                00-11-22\n\n";
        exit;
}

[Gitsnik]

Yes, it certainly did. I missed a line in my text entry:

$OUI = substr($OUI, 0, 6);

Either way of doing it will work.

Sorry about that

[macphail]

...In terms of other tools I'm not familiar with any, I usually just grep the nmap OUI file if I need to look one up.

And suddenly I don't feel like such a hack.


excellent script. can't wait to take it for a spin around the block.
thanks!

also, as i'm sure most know, there is a web-based MAC db listed at:
http://www.coffer.com/mac_find/
njoy!

[nightlybuild]

awesome work!

[vvpalin]

Thanks for the script

I wanted a quick way to do multipul OUI's so i did this little edit not knowing perl all that well.

Perl | #!/usr/bin/env perl # MAC add - Anonymous - ZYk57yZz - Pastebin.com

Random idea, and maybe its been done / suggested.

Would be cool if airodump did this, and like posted the name below or in front of the mac if you did a --showmac switch or something.

[Archangel-Amael]

Random idea, and maybe its been done / suggested.
Would be cool if airodump did this, and like posted the name below or in front of the mac if you did a --showmac switch or something.

Yeah, aircrack-ng suite can do this, the script is located under ~/aircrack-ng/scripts or so on BT. I don't remember the exact name of it off hand though.