Advisory ID: SYSS-2016-045 Product: PERIDUO-710W Manufacturer: Perixx Computer GmbH Affected Version(s): Part No. KG-1027 Tested Version(s): Part No. KG-1027 Vulnerability Type: Insufficient Protection of Code (Firmware) and Data (Cryptographic Key) Risk Level: Medium 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 the insufficient protection of the flash memory of the keyboard, an attacker with physical access to the wireless keyboard has read and write access to the firmware and the used cryptographic key. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vulnerability Details: The SySS GmbH found out that the embedded flash memory of the wireless keyboard PERIDUO-710W can be read and written via the SPI interface of the used transceiver with an embedded microcontroller nRF24LE1H, as the flash memory is not protected by the offered read back protection feature (RDISMB - Read DISable Main Block). Thus, an attacker with physical access to the keyboard and transceiver can simply read and write the SPI-addressable code and data flash memory. Due to the use of nRF24 transceiver versions with one-time programmable memory, write access is limited in such a way that a set 1 bit can be changed to a 0 bit but not vice versa. The AES cryptographic key used by the PERIDUO-710W keyboard is accessible via the SPI interface. By having read and write access to the code and data flash memory, an attacker can either extract the cryptographic key, for instance to perform further attacks against the wireless communication, or modify the firmware or the cryptographic key in a restricted way due to the used one-time programmable memory. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Proof of Concept (PoC): The SySS GmbH could successfully read the contents of the code and data flash memory of the PERIDUO-710W keyboard using the hardware tool Bus Pirate [3] in combination with the software tool nrfprog [4]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] Website of Bus Pirate hardware tool http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Bus_Pirate [4] nrfprog Github repository https://github.com/nekromant/nrfprog [5] SySS Security Advisory SYSS-2016-045 https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2016-045.txt [6] 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