Keystroke interception and injection via unencrypted radio
Published Oct 19, 2022 · Updated May 9, 2025
Missing encryption in Corsair K63 Wireless 3.1.3 allows physically proximate attackers to sniff and inject keystrokes over 2.4 GHz radio. The keyboard transmits keystroke frames without AES protection, exposing their contents and allowing forged radio frames to be accepted by its receiver. The attacker must be within radio range; captured typing can disclose sensitive input, while injected keystrokes can control the connected computer.
Summary
What happened
Missing encryption in Corsair K63 Wireless 3.1.3 allows physically proximate attackers to sniff and inject keystrokes over 2.4 GHz radio. The keyboard transmits keystroke frames without AES protection, exposing their contents and allowing forged radio frames to be accepted by its receiver. The attacker must be within radio range; captured typing can disclose sensitive input, while injected keystrokes can control the connected computer.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-35860
- Published
- Oct 19, 2022
- Updated
- May 9, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-311, CAPEC-157, CAPEC-158, T1056.001
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 19, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 9, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Public exploit references
- K63 wireless keyboard penetration-test demonstrationfunctional · demonstrated
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