Sony SRS-XB33 and SRS-XB43 devices through 2021-08-09 allow remote attackers to recover speech signals from an LED on the device, via a telescope and an electro-optical sensor, aka a "Glowworm" attack. The power indicator LED of the speakers is connected directly to the power line, as a result, the intensity of a device's power indicator LED is correlative to the power consumption. The sound played by the speakers affects their power consumption and as a result is also correlative to the light intensity of the LEDs. By analyzing measurements obtained from an electro-optical sensor directed at the power indicator LEDs of the speakers, we can recover the sound played by them.
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https://www.nassiben.com/glowworm-attack |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T01:44:23.537Z
Reserved: 2021-08-11T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-38544

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Status : Modified
Published: 2021-08-11T16:15:07.247
Modified: 2024-11-21T06:17:23.920
Link: CVE-2021-38544

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