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Capec-623 Detail

Compromising Emanations Attack

Detailed Software Physical Security Hardware Typical Severity: Low

Parents: 189

Threats: T60

Description

Compromising Emanations (CE) are defined as unintentional signals which an attacker may intercept and analyze to disclose the information processed by the targeted equipment. Commercial mobile devices and retransmission devices have displays, buttons, microchips, and radios that emit mechanical emissions in the form of sound or vibrations. Capturing these emissions can help an adversary understand what the device is doing.

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External ID Source Link Description
CAPEC-623 capec https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/623.html
CWE-201 cwe http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/201.html

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  1. Proximal access to the device.

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High
Sophisticated attack.
Confidentiality
Read Data (Capture vibrations/emissions from the handset or retransmission device display screen to recreat display information from a distance.)

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