Threat Category: SMS / MMS / RCS
ID: CEL-21
Threat Description: Short Message Service (SMS) allows for sending text messages that do not create a user notification (“silent” messages). A continuous stream of these silent messages could be sent, thus creating a Denial of Service (DoS) for the user device.
Threat Origin
A Silent SMS Denial of Service (DoS) Attack 1
Exploit Examples
Not Applicable
CVE Examples
Not Applicable
Possible Countermeasures
References
N.J. Croft and M.S. Olivier, “A Silent SMS Denial of Servie (DoS) Attack”, in Information and Computer Security Architectures (ICSA) Research Group South Africa, 2007; http://mo.co.za/open/silentdos.pdf [accessed 8/29/2016] ↩