full-disclosure - Re: "the Fairphone is fatally flawed for security"

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Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 22:28:38 -0800
From: coderman <coderman@...il.com>
To: Bernhard Kuemel <bernhard@...ys.at>
Cc: Full Disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: "the Fairphone is fatally flawed for security"

On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Bernhard Kuemel <bernhard@...ys.at> wrote:
> "... the modem is ... poorly ...
> isolated from the rest of the platform and could access critical
> components such as storage, RAM, GPS and audio (microphone) of the
> device"
>
> Can you tell me what attack vectors might exploit this vulnerability?

baseband attack (remote injection, carrier cooperation, other vector)
 leads to -> bus access
  leads to -> storage, RAM, GPS and audio, etc.

baseband vulnerabilities are difficult to identify and weaponize, but
growing ever more pervasive.

see also these QUANTUMINSERTs:
"30C3 Baseband Exploitation in 2013"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5DqsPCCtiI

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