Presentation 2023-11-10
A Proposed Link Key Hijacking Attack Using the Power-Saving Mode against Bluetooth BR/EDR
Keiichiro Kimura, Hiroki Kuzuno, Yoshiaki Shiraishi, Masakatu Morii,
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Abstract(in English) With the growing demand for Bluetooth devices, the power-saving mode of Bluetooth, which reduces the power consumption of devices, is supported by various devices. A characteristic of the power-saving mode is that the connection between devices becomes temporarily disconnected or near-disconnected. The authors proposed a DoS attack that h?acks established Bluetooth communications between devices, using the power-saving mode as a starting point. However, in the proposed DoS attack that starts from the energy-saving mode, it is impossible for the attacker to inject arbitrary commands, and the threats posed by the attack are limited. This paper proposes a link key h?ack attack on Bluetooth BR/EDR using the power-saving mode. In addition to the DoS attack initiated by the power-saving mode proposed by the authors, the proposed method involves sending a re-pairing request during the DoS attack to h?ack the link key, thereby enabling the injection of arbitrary commands. We also conduct experimental demonstrations of the proposed method and discuss the threats posed by the attack on power-saving mode based on the results.
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Keyword(in English) Bluetooth / BR/EDR / Classic / Power-Saving Mode
Paper # ISEC2023-70,SITE2023-64,LOIS2023-28
Date of Issue 2023-11-02 (ISEC, SITE, LOIS)

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Committee LOIS / SITE / ISEC
Conference Date 2023/11/9(2days)
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Place (in English) Satellite Campus Hiroshima
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Chair Hiroyuki Toda(NTT) / Takushi Otani(Kibi International Univ.) / Goichiro Hanaoka(AIST)
Vice Chair Manabu Motegi(Takushoku Univ.) / Soichiro Morishita(Cyber Agent) / Takeo Tatsumi(Open Univ. of Japan) / Junji Shikata(Yokohama National Univ.) / Shinsaku Kiyomoto(KDDI Research)
Secretary Manabu Motegi(Nagasaki Univ.) / Soichiro Morishita(NTT) / Takeo Tatsumi(NRI-Secure) / Junji Shikata(Fukuoka Inst. of Tech.) / Shinsaku Kiyomoto(AIST)
Assistant Makoto Takita(Univer. of Hyogo) / Yusuke Kaneko(Japan Research Institute) / Hiroki Okada(KDDI Research)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Life Intelligence and Office Information Systems / Technical Committee on Social Implications of Technology and Information Ethics / Technical Committee on Information Security
Language JPN
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Title (in English) A Proposed Link Key Hijacking Attack Using the Power-Saving Mode against Bluetooth BR/EDR
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Bluetooth
Keyword(2) BR/EDR
Keyword(3) Classic
Keyword(4) Power-Saving Mode
1st Author's Name Keiichiro Kimura
1st Author's Affiliation Kobe University(Kobe Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Hiroki Kuzuno
2nd Author's Affiliation Kobe University(Kobe Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Yoshiaki Shiraishi
3rd Author's Affiliation Kobe University(Kobe Univ.)
4th Author's Name Masakatu Morii
4th Author's Affiliation Kobe University(Kobe Univ.)
Date 2023-11-10
Paper # ISEC2023-70,SITE2023-64,LOIS2023-28
Volume (vol) vol.123
Number (no) ISEC-245,SITE-246,LOIS-247
Page pp.pp.103-109(ISEC), pp.103-109(SITE), pp.103-109(LOIS),
#Pages 7
Date of Issue 2023-11-02 (ISEC, SITE, LOIS)