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Bank Contract with Reentrancy Attack Simulation, detecting exploits and reporting via email.

This documentation outlines a comprehensive system designed to simulate, detect, and respond to security exploits within a banking smart contract environment.

Try it yourself using the Installation Guide.

workflow

bank-contract

Overview: The bank-contract service manages the deployment and interaction of smart contracts used in the application. It includes all contracts and scripts required for deployment and interaction.

Components

  1. Contracts:
  • Bank_V1.sol: The initial version of the banking smart contract, providing basic functionality for deposits, withdrawals, and balance management, with potential vulnerabilities for simulation.

  • Bank_V2.sol: The upgraded version of the banking smart contract, incorporating improvements and fixes to address vulnerabilities identified in Bank_V1, including enhanced security measures.

  • AttackBank.sol: A malicious smart contract designed to simulate reentrancy attacks and other exploits against the Bank_V1 contract to test its vulnerability and response mechanisms.

  1. Scripts:
  • deploy.ts: Deploys the initial version of the Bank_V1 smart contract to the blockchain, setting up the contract for further interactions and testing.

  • deposit.ts: Executes deposit transactions into the Bank_V1 contract, allowing users to add funds to their accounts.

  • check_balance.ts: Retrieves and displays the balance of a specified account in the Bank_V1 contract, providing insight into the current state of user funds.

  • withdraw.ts: Facilitates withdrawal transactions from the Bank_V1 contract, enabling users to remove funds from their accounts.

  • deploy_attacker.ts: Deploys the AttackBank malicious contract to the blockchain, designed to simulate attacks against the Bank_V1 contract.

  • attack.ts: Executes the attack logic using the AttackBank contract, performing simulated exploits such as reentrancy attacks against the Bank_V1 contract.

  • upgrade.ts: Deploys the upgraded Bank_V2 contract, incorporating fixes and improvements to address vulnerabilities present in Bank_V1.

Dependencies

  • Hardhat
  • Ethers.js
  • TypeScript

notification-service

Overview: The notification-service is responsible for sending alert emails when called from the trigger-pause. It formats the alert details and sends them to the designated recipients.

Components

  1. Email Service:

    Overview: The sendAlert function is an Express.js route handler designed to send alert emails. It receives details about the alert from the request body, constructs the email options, and sends the email using the emailService. If successful, it returns a success response; otherwise, it handles errors and returns an appropriate error message.

    Endpoint

    • Base URL: http://localhost:3000/v1/

    • Method: POST

    • Route: /alerts

    Request Body

    The function expects the following properties in the request body:

    • message (string): The content of the alert message to be included in the email.
    • to (string): The recipient’s email address.
    • contractAddress (string): The address of the smart contract related to the alert.

    Response

    • Success (200 OK):

      • Body:
        {
          "message": "Ok",
          "sent": true
        }
        
      • The send field contains the result of the email sending operation, which may include details of the sent email or any response from the email service.
    • Error (500 Internal Server Error):

      • Body:
        {
          "message": "Internal Server Error"
        }
        
      • Returned if an error occurs while attempting to send the email. The error is also logged to the console for debugging purposes.

    Functionality

    1. Extracts Request Data: Retrieves message, to, and contractAddress from the request body.
    2. Constructs Email Options: Uses the emailService.getMailOptions method to create the email options based on the provided data and alert type.
    3. Sends Email: Calls emailService.sendMessage with the constructed email options to send the alert email.
  2. Configuration: The following environment variables are required in the .env file:

  • GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=: Client ID for Google API authentication.
  • GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=: Client secret for Google API authentication.
  • GOOGLE_REDIRECT_URI=: Redirect URI for OAuth2 authentication.
  • ACCESS_TOKEN=: Access token for sending emails.
  • REFRESH_TOKEN=: Refresh token for renewing access tokens.
  • FROM_EMAIL=: Email address from which the alerts will be sent.

Ensure these variables are properly configured in your environment to enable email notifications.

Dependencies

  • Nodemailer (or another email sending library)
  • Email service configuration (SMTP server details)

trigger-pause

Overview: The trigger-pause service is a Node.js script that listens to blockchain events emitted by a smart contract. It processes specific events, such as Deposit and Withdraw, and calls appropriate services to handle these events. This service is designed to monitor contract activities in real-time and trigger actions based on detected events.

Configuration

  • endPoint: The URL of the Ethereum JSON-RPC provider (e.g., http://127.0.0.1:8545).
  • contractAddress: The address of the smart contract being monitored, sourced from contractConfig.
  • provider: An instance of ethers.JsonRpcProvider connected to the Ethereum network at the specified endpoint.
  • contract: An instance of ethers.Contract connected to the smart contract at contractAddress, using the provided ABI.

Functionality

  1. Event Listeners:

    • Deposit Event:
      • Handler: handleDeposit(from, value)
      • Description: Triggered when a Deposit event is emitted by the smart contract. Calls handleDeposit with the from address and the deposited value.
    • Withdraw Event:
      • Handler: handleWithdraw(receiver, value)
      • Description: Triggered when a Withdraw event is emitted by the smart contract. Calls handleWithdraw with the receiver address and the withdrawn value.
    • Wildcard Listener:
      • Handler: Logs all other events for debugging purposes (currently commented out).
  2. Error Handling:

    • Errors during Execution: Catches and logs errors encountered during the script execution. Sets the process exit code to 1 in case of an error.

Dependencies

  • ethers: Library for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain.
  • ABI: JSON file containing the ABI of the smart contract.
  • contractConfig: Configuration file providing the smart contract address.
  • handleDeposit: Function to handle deposit events.
  • handleWithdraw: Function to handle withdrawal events.

Usage

  • Start Monitoring: Run the script to begin listening for events from the specified smart contract.
  • Event Handling: The script will automatically call handleDeposit and handleWithdraw as respective events are detected.

Configuration:

  • config.json: Contains configuration details for deploying contracts, including network settings contract addresses and names.

Additionally, Slither can be integrated directly within the Hardhat project using the slither . command. However, due to the integration limitations with Python APIs and the Node.js environment of this project, it was unable to integrate Slither directly into the services.

python -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
python3 -m pip install slither-analyzer
cd bank-contract
slither .

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