CAPEC-666 — BlueSmacking
CAPEC-666: BlueSmacking
MITRE CAPEC attack pattern
| Status | Draft |
| Typical severity | Medium |
| Likelihood of attack | Medium |
| Catalogue | CAPEC 3.9 (2023-01-24) |
Description
An adversary uses Bluetooth flooding to transfer large packets to Bluetooth enabled devices over the L2CAP protocol with the goal of creating a DoS. This attack must be carried out within close proximity to a Bluetooth enabled device.
Where this sits in the chain
A finding maps to a weakness (CWE), a weakness is exploited by an attack pattern (CAPEC), and an attack pattern shows up in ATT&CK as observed adversary behaviour. This page is the middle hop.
Weaknesses exploited: CWE-404
ATT&CK techniques: T1498.001, T1499.001
Prerequisites
- The system/application has Bluetooth enabled.
Skills required
- Low: An adversary only needs a Linux machine along with a Bluetooth adapter, which is extremely common.
Consequences
- Availability: Unreliable Execution, Resource Consumption
Mitigations
- Disable Bluetooth when not being used.
- When using Bluetooth, set it to hidden or non-discoverable mode.