Perixx Computer PERIDUO-710W Keystroke Injection
Posted on 30 November -0001
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Perixx Computer PERIDUO-710W Keystroke Injection</TITLE><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></HEAD><BODY>Advisory ID: SYSS-2016-047 Product: PERIDUO-710W Manufacturer: Perixx Computer GmbH Affected Version(s): Part No. KG-1027 Tested Version(s): Part No. KG-1027 Vulnerability Type: Cryptographic Issues (CWE-310) Keystroke Injection Vulnerability Risk Level: High Solution Status: Open Manufacturer Notification: 2016-05-27 Solution Date: - Public Disclosure: 2016-07-29 CVE Reference: Not yet assigned Authors of Advisory: Matthias Deeg and Gerhard Klostermeier (SySS GmbH) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Overview: PERIDUO-710W is a wireless desktop set consisting of a mouse and a keyboard. The manufacturer describes the product as follows (see [1]): "PERIDUO can create flexible, convenient and wireless working environment with its design. PERIDUO offers a reliable 2.4GHz high frequency penetration, low interference, and omni-directional signal transmissions with 10Meters meters [sic] receiving distance." Due to an insecure implementation of the encrypted data communication, the wireless keyboard PERIDUO-710W is prone to keystroke injection attacks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vulnerability Details: The SySS GmbH found out that the wireless keyboard PERIDUO-710W is prone to keystroke injection attacks. An attacker can sniff the AES-encrypted data packets of the 2.4 GHz radio communication sent by the keyboard to the transceiver (USB dongle) and identify key release data packets by means of time correlation. For example, the last sent data packet before a longer time period without any data communication usually is a key release packet. The plaintext of such key release data packets and the AES encryption using counter mode is known to an attacker by a previously performed analysis of an attacker-owned device (see [3], SySS security advisory SYSS-2016-045). Due to the insecure implementation of the AES-encrypted data communication, an attacker can modify a previously sniffed encrypted key release data packet and transmit it to the PERIDUO-710W USB dongle in order to inject arbitrary keystrokes. Thus, despite AES-encrypted data communication, an attacker is able to send arbitrary keystrokes to a victim's computer system. In this way, an attacker can remotely take control over the victim's computer that is operated with an affected PERIDUO-710W wireless keyboard. In combination with the replay attack described in the SySS security advisory SYSS-2016-046 (see [4]), a keystroke injection attack allows to remotely attack computer systems with an active screen lock, for example in order to install malware when the target system is unattended. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Proof of Concept (PoC): The SySS GmbH could successfully perform keystroke injection attacks against the wireless keyboard PERIDUO-710W using an in-house developed software tool in combination with the USB radio dongle Crazyradio PA (see [5]). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Solution: The SySS GmbH is not aware of a solution for this reported security vulnerability. For further information please contact the manufacturer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclosure Timeline: 2016-05-27: Vulnerability reported to manufacturer 2016-06-06: Vulnerability reported to manufacturer again 2016-07-29: Public release of the security advisory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ References: [1] User manual for Perixx PERIDUO-710W http://perixx.com/en/service/Perixx_Manual/DUO/PERIDUO-710_manual.pdf [2] Product website for Perixx PERIDUO-710W http://perixx.com/en/products/perixx-pro-11.html [3] SySS Security Advisory SYSS-2016-045 https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2016-045.txt [4] SySS Security Advisory SYSS-2016-046 https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2016-046.txt [5] Product website for Crazyradio PA https://www.bitcraze.io/crazyradio-pa/ [6] SySS Security Advisory SYSS-2016-047 https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2016-047.txt [7] SySS Responsible Disclosure Policy https://www.syss.de/en/responsible-disclosure-policy/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Credits: This security vulnerability was found by Matthias Deeg and Gerhard Klostermeier of the SySS GmbH. E-Mail: matthias.deeg (at) syss.de Public Key: https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Materialien/PGPKeys/Matthias_Deeg.asc Key fingerprint = D1F0 A035 F06C E675 CDB9 0514 D9A4 BF6A 34AD 4DAB E-Mail: gerhard.klostermeier (at) syss.de Public Key: https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/PGPKeys/Gerhard_Klostermeier.asc Key fingerprint = 8A9E 75CC D510 4FF6 8DB5 CC30 3802 3AAB 573E B2E7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer: The information provided in this security advisory is provided "as is" and without warranty of any kind. Details of this security advisory may be updated in order to provide as accurate information as possible. The latest version of this security advisory is available on the SySS Web site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright: Creative Commons - Attribution (by) - Version 3.0 URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en </BODY></HTML>
