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Attack Patterns CAPEC-666 — BlueSmacking
CAPEC-666

BlueSmacking

TLP:CLEAR

Description

Typical severity: Medium. Likelihood of attack: Medium. An adversary uses Bluetooth flooding to transfer large packets to Bluetooth enabled devices over the L2CAP protocol with the goal of creating a DoS. This attack must be carried out within close proximity to a Bluetooth enabled device.

Mitigation

Disable Bluetooth when not being used. | When using Bluetooth, set it to hidden or non-discoverable mode.

Details

Platforms
Communications
Software
Added
Jul 14, 2026
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