irreparable damage

[v74863]

This is a highly experimental penetration testing tool!
It is made to detect vulnerabilities in your NETWORK mercilessly!
Misuse within a network, without specific authorization, may cause
irreparable damage and result in significant consequences!

Hi, Mike
Please clarify what you mean by irreparable damage.
The worst-case scenarios.
Is it possible to burn the electronics?
Thanks in advance.

[ZerBea]

hcxdumptool can't cause direct harm - but collateral damage (as mentioned below) is possible.

It can cause a full reset of the target. This includes deleting the default configuration (of the NVRAM) inclusive the default PSK (if generated by factory). This values are gone forever! That is a very rare case, but it is possible!

It can break an active internet connection between an IoT (sensor, cam, motion control) and a server.
If that's important data ,e,g, needed by heat control it can cause irreparable damage.

[sudo-nano]

Sorry if this is a noob question, but how would hcxdumptool cause a full reset?

[ZerBea]

That can happen if you target a router which is running a buggy firmware:
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