CAPEC Definitions / CAPEC-604
CAPEC-604: Wi-Fi Jamming
In this attack scenario, the attacker actively transmits on the Wi-Fi channel to prevent users from transmitting or receiving data from the targeted Wi-Fi network. There are several known techniques to perform this attack – for example: the attacker may flood the Wi-Fi access point (e.g. the retransmission device) with deauthentication frames. Another method is to transmit high levels of noise on the RF band used by the Wi-Fi network.
Extended Description
No Extended Description.
Mitigations
Countermeasures have been proposed for both disassociation flooding and RF jamming, however these countermeasures are not standardized and would need to be supported on both the retransmission device and the handset in order to be effective. Commercial products are not currently available that support jamming countermeasures for Wi-Fi.
Relationships with other CAPECs
CAPEC-601: Jamming
Prerequisites
Lack of anti-jam features in 802.11
Lack of authentication on deauthentication/disassociation packets on 802.11-based networks
Related Weaknesses
No related Weaknesses found.
