802.11n Remote Injection of Frames Vulnerability

[Blade of Grass]

Saw an interesting paper discussing a vulnerability in the 802.11n standard that allows attackers to remotely inject frames into open WiFi networks. 
 
Paper
Proof of concept code and basic discription

 

Thoughts?

 

Seems pretty scary to me, but happily this is only limited to open wireless networks. 

[AMICLG]

Nothing really new, just another Man-in-the-Middle attack against Wi-Fi. Most networks can easily be broken into in a few minutes some a few hours.

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Nothing really new, just another Man-in-the-Middle attack against Wi-Fi. Most networks can easily be broken into in a few minutes some a few hours.

 

This is a LOT LARGER than just a little man-in-the-middle attack. Read the github, this is cool. Could infect users using a users network and perform MASS ddos attacks.

[AMICLG]

This is a LOT LARGER than just a little man-in-the-middle attack. Read the github, this is cool. Could infect users using a users network and perform MASS ddos attacks.

There were Def-Con talks on exploits like this, I'm not saying it's not interesting (I'm quiet interested and plan to read the whole thing) but that attacks on Wi-Fi of this magnitude happen all the time. And yet the public doesn't care meaning the manufactures won't fix the problem.

[Blade of Grass]

There were Def-Con talks on exploits like this, I'm not saying it's not interesting (I'm quiet interested and plan to read the whole thing) but that attacks on Wi-Fi of this magnitude happen all the time. And yet the public doesn't care meaning the manufactures won't fix the problem.

Not really, this vulnerability is quite a bit different because it's involves remote frame injection. This is not a man in the little attack. The example the author used is getting the victim to open a loaded image which then executes the vulnerability. The attacker does not need a wifi device and does not need to be present.