Penetration testing of cellular network environments

Abstract

Penetration testing is performed on a cellular network environment. An attacker system sends a request packet to a target user equipment that is connected to a base station of a cellular network. A source Internet Protocol (IP) address of the request packet is changed to an IP address that allows a response packet from the target user equipment to be received at a relay system. The request packet is encapsulated in a General Packet Radio Services Tunneling Protocol User (GTP-U) tunnel packet that is sent to a UPF of the cellular network. The response packet, which is responsive to the request packet, is received at the relay system by way of the UPF. A destination IP address of the response packet is changed to an IP address of the attacker system before forwarding the response packet to the attacker system.

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