Man-in-the-Middle Attacks on the PFCP Protocol in 5G Core Networks and Log-Based Techniques for Their Detection
Communications of the IBIMA
The paper examines the feasibility and implications of Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks on the Packet Forwarding Control Protocol (PFCP) within the 5G Core Network. The study demonstrates how PFCP control messages exchanged between the Session Management Function (SMF) and the User Plane Function (UPF) can be…