The IEEE 802.11 specifications through 802.11ax allow physically proximate attackers to intercept (possibly cleartext) target-destined frames by spoofing a targets MAC address, sending Power Save frames to the access point, and then sending other frames to the access point (such as authentication frames or re-association frames) to remove the targets original security context. This behavior occurs because the specifications do not require an access point to purge its transmit queue before removing a clients pairwise encryption key.
This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
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| Ieee_802.11 | Ieee | * | * |