cve/2013/CVE-2013-4579.md

CVE-2013-4579

Description

The ath9k_htc_set_bssid_mask function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12 uses a BSSID masking approach to determine the set of MAC addresses on which a Wi-Fi device is listening, which allows remote attackers to discover the original MAC address after spoofing by sending a series of packets to MAC addresses with certain bit manipulations.

POC

Reference

• http://www.mathyvanhoef.com/2013/11/unmasking-spoofed-mac-address.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cve-scores
• https://github.com/vanhoefm/wifi-injection