Man-in-the-Middle Attack Against Key Exchange
This vulnerability enables a hacker to find the session key distributed by a key exchange protocol. This is a man-in-the-middle type of attack. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability without launching a brute force attack on encrypted messages or breaking into any computer. The hacker simply manipulates protocol messages and uses an impersonation tool, such as Hunt.
Exploit Details
Name: Man-in-the-middle attack against the initiator of Otway-Rees Key Exchange Protocol.
Variants: Man-in-the-middle attack against the two parties of Otway-Rees Key Exchange Protocol.
Operating System: All operating systems with which the Otway-Rees Key Exchange Protocol specification may be implemented because ...
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