COMMON ATTACK PATTERN ENUMERATION AND CLASSIFICATIONMITRE canlı kaydı

CAPEC-622

Electromagnetic Side-Channel Attack

In this attack scenario, the attacker passively monitors electromagnetic emanations that are produced by the targeted electronic device as an unintentional side-effect of its processing. From these emanations, the attacker derives information about the data that is being processed (e.g. the attacker can recover cryptographic keys by monitoring emanations associated with cryptographic processing). This style of attack requires proximal access to the device, however attacks have been demonstrated at public conferences that work at distances of up to 10-15 feet. There have not been any significant studies to determine the maximum practical distance for such attacks. Since the attack is passive, it is nearly impossible to detect and the targeted device will continue to operate as normal after a successful attack.

Soyutlama

Detailed

Tipik ciddiyet

Low

Saldırı ihtimali

Medium

Saldırıyı anla

Bu saldırı kalıbı nedir?

In this attack scenario, the attacker passively monitors electromagnetic emanations that are produced by the targeted electronic device as an unintentional side-effect of its processing. From these emanations, the attacker derives information about the data that is being processed (e.g. the attacker can recover cryptographic keys by monitoring emanations associated with cryptographic processing). This style of attack requires proximal access to the device, however attacks have been demonstrated at public conferences that work at distances of up to 10-15 feet. There have not been any significant studies to determine the maximum practical distance for such attacks. Since the attack is passive, it is nearly impossible to detect and the targeted device will continue to operate as normal after a successful attack.

Gereksinimler

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Ön koşullar

  • Proximal access to the device.

Gerekli beceri

  • Medium: Sophisticated attack, but detailed techniques published in the open literature.

Gerekli kaynak

MITRE kaydında belirtilmemiş.

Etki

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Etkilenen alanlar: Confidentiality

Savunma

Nasıl önlenir ve etkisi azaltılır?

1
Utilize side-channel resistant implementations of all crypto algorithms.
2
Strong physical security of all devices that contain secret key information. (even when devices are not in use)