There has been so much going on over the past year and with research and testing I haven't posted as much as I would like. The growth areas in the variety of methods and tools for logical data and physical data extraction, harvesting and examination; impact that apps and malware might have on evidence; wireless options available on smartphones and tablets changing the way traditional cell site analysis can be conducted; and the generally the explosion in mobile information and standards needing to be absorbed and understood has been mind-blowing to say the least. These and other matters have consumed my time and the casualty has been fewer posts at the blog. However, from all the work and research I will endeavour to post here, hopefully, useful examination and investigative information on areas that may have either become outdated or evolved such that particular methods applied or tools used could be out-of-date or updated.
USIM (UICC) Cards memory storage and network/user files have seen a massive increase since 2010. Just have a look back at a post in 2010 I made here at trewmte.blogspot and compare the EFUST (elementary files usim service table) in TS 31.102 back then
3g-usim-2g-sim-service-numbers.html compared to the latest releases 12 (
31_series/31.102/31102-ca0.zip ) and 13 (
31.102/31102-d20.zip )
The first thing an examiner might wish do first thing in the morning at work is check whether the USIM reader tool is up-to-date. Have a look at the EFUST list and list of elementary files below and check that your reader has the capability to detect, extract and harvest data from these files. Then ask yourself do you actually understand when they are allocated and activated in a USIM what use is made of them? What evidence maybe harvested from them? How would the acquired data assist investigations in the following categories as they would apply to the use of mobile communications?
i)
Contract Law
ii)
Tort Law
iii)
Intellectual Property Law
iv)
Criminal (including the new Cybercrime) Law
v)
Data Protection Law
vi)
Taxation Law
vii)
Computer Law
viii)
Communications Law
ix)
Internet Law
x)
Etc.
EFUST
Service n°1: Local Phone Book
Service n°2: Fixed Dialling Numbers (FDN)
Service n°3: Extension 2
Service n°4: Service Dialling Numbers (SDN)
Service n°5: Extension3
Service n°6: Barred Dialling Numbers (BDN)
Service n°7: Extension4
Service n°8: Outgoing Call Information (OCI and OCT)
Service n°9: Incoming Call Information (ICI and ICT)
Service n°10: Short Message Storage (SMS)
Service n°11: Short Message Status Reports (SMSR)
Service n°12: Short Message Service Parameters (SMSP)
Service n°13: Advice of Charge (AoC)
Service n°14: Capability Configuration Parameters 2 (CCP2)
Service n°15: Cell Broadcast Message Identifier
Service n°16: Cell Broadcast Message Identifier Ranges
Service n°17: Group Identifier Level 1
Service n°18: Group Identifier Level 2
Service n°19: Service Provider Name
Service n°20: User controlled PLMN selector with Access Technology
Service n°21: MSISDN
Service n°22: Image (IMG)
Service n°23: Support of Localised Service Areas (SoLSA)
Service n°24: Enhanced Multi Level Precedence and Pre emption Service
Service n°25: Automatic Answer for eMLPP
Service n°26: RFU
Service n°27: GSM Access
Service n°28: Data download via SMS-PP
Service n°29: Data download via SMS CB
Service n°30: Call Control by USIM
Service n°31: MO-SMS Control by USIM
Service n°32: RUN AT COMMAND command
Service n°33: shall be set to '1'
Service n°34: Enabled Services Table
Service n°35: APN Control List (ACL)
Service n°36: Depersonalisation Control Keys
Service n°37: Co-operative Network List
Service n°38: GSM security context
Service n°39: CPBCCH Information
Service n°40: Investigation Scan
Service n°41: MexE
Service n°42: Operator controlled PLMN selector with Access Technology
Service n°43: HPLMN selector with Access Technology
Service n°44: Extension 5
Service n°45: PLMN Network Name
Service n°46: Operator PLMN List
Service n°47: Mailbox Dialling Numbers
Service n°48: Message Waiting Indication Status
Service n°49: Call Forwarding Indication Status
Service n°50: Reserved and shall be ignored
Service n°51: Service Provider Display Information
Service n°52 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
Service n°53 Extension 8
Service n°54 Call control on GPRS by USIM
Service n°55 MMS User Connectivity Parameters
Service n°56 Network's indication of alerting in the MS (NIA)
Service n°57 VGCS Group Identifier List (EFVGCS and EFVGCSS)
Service n°58 VBS Group Identifier List (EFVBS and EFVBSS)
Service n°59 Pseudonym
Service n°60 User Controlled PLMN selector for I-WLAN access
Service n°61 Operator Controlled PLMN selector for I-WLAN access
Service n°62 User controlled WSID list
Service n°63 Operator controlled WSID list
Service n°64 VGCS security
Service n°65 VBS security
Service n°66 WLAN Reauthentication Identity
Service n°67 Multimedia Messages Storage
Service n°68 Generic Bootstrapping Architecture (GBA)
Service n°69 MBMS security
Service n°70 Data download via USSD and USSD application mode
Service n°71 Equivalent HPLMN
Service n°72 Additional TERMINAL PROFILE after UICC activation
Service n°73 Equivalent HPLMN Presentation Indication
Service n°74 Last RPLMN Selection Indication
Service n°75 OMA BCAST Smart Card Profile
Service n°76 GBA-based Local Key Establishment Mechanism
Service n°77 Terminal Applications
Service n°78 Service Provider Name Icon
Service n°79 PLMN Network Name Icon
Service n°80 Connectivity Parameters for USIM IP connections
Service n°81 Home I-WLAN Specific Identifier List
Service n°82 I-WLAN Equivalent HPLMN Presentation Indication
Service n°83 I-WLAN HPLMN Priority Indication
Service n°84 I-WLAN Last Registered PLMN
Service n°85 EPS Mobility Management Information
Service n°86 Allowed CSG Lists and corresponding indications
Service n°87 Call control on EPS PDN connection by USIM
Service n°88 HPLMN Direct Access
Service n°89 eCall Data
Service n°90 Operator CSG Lists and corresponding indications
Service n°91 Support for SM-over-IP
Service n°92 Support of CSG Display Control
Service n°93 Communication Control for IMS by USIM
Service n°94 Extended Terminal Applications
Service n°95 Support of UICC access to IMS
Service n°96 Non-Access Stratum configuration by USIM
Service n°97 PWS configuration by USIM
Service n°98 RFU
Service n°99 URI support by UICC
Service n°100 Extended EARFCN support
Service n°101 ProSe
Service n°102 USAT Application Pairing
Particular note: when looking at the EFUST service list above this should not be taken as all the services that may be allocated and activated on modules in a UICC. GSM EFSST (sim service table) has particular services unique to GSM SIM (GSM 11.11), such as Service n°29: Proactive SIM which does not appear in the EFUST list. And if Service n°29: Proactive SIM is important to an investigation (and it can be) it is worth the reminder to look at GSM 11.14 (sim application toolkit) that adds services and most importantly "capabilities" between SIM and smartphone. Perhaps you might think, such as, how this can assist an investigation? My responses is consider (a) man-in-the-middle attacks (b) crime (c) cybercrime.
There has been an abundance in the growth of elementary files, too, in USIM Releases 12/13. The increase in access to varying networks by smartphones and tablets has meant the technical, privacy, commercial and monetisation influences how a subscriber latches and attaches to networks. The relevance being recovered message data for instance requires understanding and identifying how the data got there via which particular network access point etc.
3GPP TS 31.102 V12.10.0 (2016-01)
4 Contents of the Files 18
4.1 Contents of the EFs at the MF level 18
4.2 Contents of files at the USIM ADF (Application DF) level 18
4.2.1 EFLI (Language Indication) 18
4.2.2 EFIMSI (IMSI) 19
4.2.3 EFKeys (Ciphering and Integrity Keys) 20
4.2.4 EFKeysPS (Ciphering and Integrity Keys for Packet Switched domain) 21
4.2.5 EFPLMNwAcT (User controlled PLMN selector with Access Technology) 21
4.2.6 EFHPPLMN (Higher Priority PLMN search period) 22
4.2.7 EFACMmax (ACM maximum value) 23
4.2.8 EFUST (USIM Service Table) 25
4.2.9 EFACM (Accumulated Call Meter) 27
4.2.10 EFGID1 (Group Identifier Level 1) 28
4.2.11 EFGID2 (Group Identifier Level 2) 28
4.2.12 EFSPN (Service Provider Name) 28
4.2.13 EFPUCT (Price per Unit and Currency Table) 29
4.2.14 EFCBMI (Cell Broadcast Message identifier selection) 30
4.2.15 EFACC (Access Control Class) 31
4.2.16 EFFPLMN (Forbidden PLMNs) 31
4.2.17 EFLOCI (Location Information) 32
4.2.18 EFAD (Administrative Data) 33
4.2.19 Void 35
4.2.20 EFCBMID (Cell Broadcast Message Identifier for Data Download) 35
4.2.21 EFECC (Emergency Call Codes) 36
4.2.22 EFCBMIR (Cell Broadcast Message Identifier Range selection) 37
4.2.23 EFPSLOCI (Packet Switched location information) 37
4.2.24 EFFDN (Fixed Dialling Numbers) 39
4.2.25 EFSMS (Short messages) 39
4.2.26 EFMSISDN (MSISDN) 41
4.2.27 EFSMSP (Short message service parameters) 41
4.2.28 EFSMSS (SMS status) 43
4.2.29 EFSDN (Service Dialling Numbers) 43
4.2.30 EFEXT2 (Extension2) 44
4.2.31 EFEXT3 (Extension3) 44
4.2.32 EFSMSR (Short message status reports) 45
4.2.33 EFICI (Incoming Call Information) 45
4.2.34 EFOCI (Outgoing Call Information) 49
4.2.35 EFICT (Incoming Call Timer) 50
4.2.36 EFOCT (Outgoing Call Timer) 50
4.2.37 EFEXT5 (Extension5) 51
4.2.38 EFCCP2 (Capability Configuration Parameters 2) 51
4.2.39 EFeMLPP (enhanced Multi Level Precedence and Pre-emption) 52
4.2.40 EFAaeM (Automatic Answer for eMLPP Service) 53
4.2.41 Void 54
4.2.42 EFHiddenkey (Key for hidden phone book entries) 54
4.2.43 Void 54
4.2.44 EFBDN (Barred Dialling Numbers) 54
4.2.45 EFEXT4 (Extension4) 55
4.2.46 EFCMI (Comparison Method Information) 55
4.2.47 EFEST (Enabled Services Table) 56
4.2.48 EFACL (Access Point Name Control List) 56
4.2.49 EFDCK (Depersonalisation Control Keys) 57
4.2.50 EFCNL (Co-operative Network List) 57
4.2.51 EFSTART-HFN (Initialisation values for Hyperframe number) 59
4.2.52 EFTHRESHOLD (Maximum value of START) 59
4.2.53 EFOPLMNwACT (Operator controlled PLMN selector with Access Technology) 59
4.2.54 EFHPLMNwAcT (HPLMN selector with Access Technology) 60
4.2.55 EFARR (Access Rule Reference) 61
4.2.56 Void 62
4.2.57 EFNETPAR (Network Parameters) 62
4.2.58 EFPNN (PLMN Network Name) 64
4.2.59 EFOPL (Operator PLMN List) 65
4.2.60 EFMBDN (Mailbox Dialling Numbers) 66
4.2.61 EFEXT6 (Extension6) 67
4.2.62 EFMBI (Mailbox Identifier) 67
4.2.63 EFMWIS (Message Waiting Indication Status) 67
4.2.64 EFCFIS (Call Forwarding Indication Status) 69
4.2.65 EFEXT7 (Extension7) 70
4.2.66 EFSPDI (Service Provider Display Information) 70
4.2.67 EFMMSN (MMS Notification) 71
4.2.68 EFEXT8 (Extension 8) 73
4.2.69 EFMMSICP (MMS Issuer Connectivity Parameters) 73
4.2.70 EFMMSUP (MMS User Preferences) 76
4.2.71 EFMMSUCP (MMS User Connectivity Parameters) 77
4.2.72 EFNIA (Network's Indication of Alerting) 77
4.2.73 EFVGCS (Voice Group Call Service) 78
4.2.74 EFVGCSS (Voice Group Call Service Status) 80
4.2.75 EFVBS (Voice Broadcast Service) 80
4.2.76 EFVBSS (Voice Broadcast Service Status) 82
4.2.77 EFVGCSCA (Voice Group Call Service Ciphering Algorithm) 83
4.2.78 EFVBSCA (Voice Broadcast Service Ciphering Algorithm) 84
4.2.79 EFGBABP (GBA Bootstrapping parameters) 84
4.2.80 EFMSK (MBMS Service Keys List) 85
4.2.81 EFMUK (MBMS User Key) 86
4.2.82 Void 87
4.2.83 EFGBANL (GBA NAF List) 87
4.2.84 EFEHPLMN (Equivalent HPLMN) 88
4.2.85 EFEHPLMNPI (Equivalent HPLMN Presentation Indication) 88
4.2.86 EFLRPLMNSI (Last RPLMN Selection Indication) 89
4.2.87 EFNAFKCA (NAF Key Centre Address) 89
4.2.88 EFSPNI (Service Provider Name Icon) 90
4.2.89 EFPNNI (PLMN Network Name Icon) 91
4.2.90 EFNCP-IP (Network Connectivity Parameters for USIM IP connections) 91
4.2.91 EFEPSLOCI (EPS location information) 94
4.2.92 EFEPSNSC (EPS NAS Security Context) 96
4.2.93 EFUFC (USAT Facility Control) 97
4.2.94 EFNASCONFIG (Non Access Stratum Configuration) 98
4.2.95 EFUICCIARI (UICC IARI) 102
4.2.96 EFPWS (Public Warning System) 102
4.2.97 EFFDNURI (Fixed Dialling Numbers URI) 103
4.2.98 EFBDNURI (Barred Dialling Numbers URI) 104
4.2.99 EFSDNURI (Service Dialling Numbers URI) 104
4.2.100 EFIWL (IMEI(SV) White Lists) 105
4.2.101 EFIPS (IMEI(SV) Pairing Status) 106
4.2.102 EFIPD (IMEI(SV) of Pairing Device) 107
4.3 DFs at the USIM ADF (Application DF) Level 108
4.4 Contents of DFs at the USIM ADF (Application DF) level 108
4.4.1 Contents of files at the DF SoLSA level 108
4.4.1.1 EFSAI (SoLSA Access Indicator) 109
4.4.1.2 EFSLL (SoLSA LSA List) 109
4.4.1.3 LSA Descriptor files 112
4.4.2 Contents of files at the DF PHONEBOOK level 113
4.4.2.1 EFPBR (Phone Book Reference file) 113
4.4.2.2 EFIAP (Index Administration Phone book) 115
4.4.2.3 EFADN (Abbreviated dialling numbers) 116
4.4.2.4 EFEXT1 (Extension1) 119
4.4.2.5 EFPBC (Phone Book Control) 120
4.4.2.6 EFGRP (Grouping file) 121
4.4.2.7 EFAAS (Additional number Alpha String) 122
4.4.2.8 EFGAS (Grouping information Alpha String) 123
4.4.2.9 EFANR (Additional Number) 123
4.4.2.10 EFSNE (Second Name Entry) 125
4.4.2.11 EFCCP1 (Capability Configuration Parameters 1) 125
4.4.2.12 Phone Book Synchronisation 126
4.4.2.12.1 EFUID (Unique Identifier) 126
4.4.2.12.2 EFPSC (Phone book Synchronisation Counter) 127
4.4.2.12.3 EFCC (Change Counter) 128
4.4.2.12.4 EFPUID (Previous Unique Identifier) 128
4.4.2.13 EFEMAIL (e-mail address) 129
4.4.2.14 Phonebook restrictions 130
4.4.2.15 EFPURI (Phonebook URIs) 130
4.4.3 Contents of files at the DF GSM-ACCESS level (Files required for GSM Access) 131
4.4.3.1 EFKc (GSM Ciphering key Kc) 131
4.4.3.2 EFKcGPRS (GPRS Ciphering key KcGPRS) 132
4.4.3.3 Void 132
4.4.3.4 EFCPBCCH (CPBCCH Information) 132
4.4.3.5 EFInvScan (Investigation Scan) 133
4.4.4 Contents of files at the MexE level 134
4.4.4.1 EFMexE-ST (MexE Service table) 134
4.4.4.2 EFORPK (Operator Root Public Key) 134
4.4.4.3 EFARPK (Administrator Root Public Key) 136
4.4.4.4 EFTPRPK (Third Party Root Public Key) 137
4.4.4.5 EFTKCDF (Trusted Key/Certificates Data Files) 138
4.4.5 Contents of files at the DF WLAN level 138
4.4.5.1 EFPseudo (Pseudonym) 138
4.4.5.2 EFUPLMNWLAN (User controlled PLMN selector for I-WLAN Access) 139
4.4.5.3 EFOPLMNWLAN (Operator controlled PLMN selector for I-WLAN Access) 139
4.4.5.4 EFUWSIDL (User controlled WLAN Specific Identifier List) 140
4.4.5.5 EFOWSIDL (Operator controlled WLAN Specific IdentifierList) 141
4.4.5.6 EFWRI (WLAN Reauthentication Identity) 141
4.4.5.7 EFHWSIDL (Home I-WLAN Specific Identifier List) 142
4.4.5.8 EFWEHPLMNPI (I-WLAN Equivalent HPLMN Presentation Indication) 143
4.4.5.9 EFWHPI (I-WLAN HPLMN Priority Indication) 143
4.4.5.10 EFWLRPLMN (I-WLAN Last Registered PLMN) 144
4.4.5.11 EFHPLMNDAI (HPLMN Direct Access Indicator) 144
4.4.6 Contents of files at the DF HNB level 145
4.4.6.1 Introduction 145
4.4.6.2 EFACSGL (Allowed CSG Lists) 145
4.4.6.3 EFCSGT (CSG Type) 148
4.4.6.4 EFHNBN (Home NodeB Name) 150
4.4.6.5 EFOCSGL (Operator CSG Lists) 150
4.4.6.6 EFOCSGT (Operator CSG Type) 152
4.4.6.7 EFOHNBN (Operator Home NodeB Name) 153
4.4.7 Void 153
4.4.8 Contents of files at the DF ProSe level 153
4.4.8.1 Introduction 153
4.4.8.2 EFPROSE_MON (ProSe Monitoring Parameters) 153
4.4.8.3 EFPROSE_ANN (ProSe Announcing Parameters) 154
4.4.8.4 EFPROSEFUNC (HPLMN ProSe Function) 155
4.4.8.5 EFPROSE_RADIO_COM (ProSe Direct Communication Radio Parameters) 156
4.4.8.6 EFPROSE_RADIO_MON (ProSe Direct Discovery Monitoring Radio Parameters) 157
4.4.8.7 EFPROSE_RADIO_ANN (ProSe Direct Discovery Announcing Radio Parameters) 158
4.4.8.8 EFPROSE_POLICY (ProSe Policy Parameters) 158
4.4.8.9 EFPROSE_PLMN (ProSe PLMN Parameters) 160
4.4.8.10 EFPROSE_GC (ProSe Group Counter) 161
4.4.8.11 EFPST (ProSe Service Table) 162
4.4.8.12 EFPROSE_UIRC (ProSe UsageInformationReportingConfiguration) 162
4.5 Contents of Efs at the TELECOM level 166
4.5.1 EFADN (Abbreviated dialling numbers) 166
4.5.2 EFEXT1 (Extension1) 166
4.5.3 EFECCP (Extended Capability Configuration Parameter) 166
4.5.4 EFSUME (SetUpMenu Elements) 166
4.5.5 EFARR (Access Rule Reference) 166
4.5.6 EFICE_DN (In Case of Emergency – Dialling Number) 167
4.5.7 EFICE_FF (In Case of Emergency – Free Format) 167
4.5.8 EFRMA (Remote Management Actions) 168
4.5.9 EFPSISMSC (Public Service Identity of the SM-SC) 168
4.6 Contents of DFs at the TELECOM level 168
4.6.1 Contents of files at the DFGRAPHICS level 169
4.6.1.1 EFIMG (Image) 169
4.6.1.2 EFIIDF (Image Instance Data Files) 170
4.6.1.3 EFICE graphics (In Case of Emergency – Graphics) 171
4.6.1.4 EFLAUNCH SCWS 171
4.6.1.5 EFICON 175
4.6.2 Contents of files at the DFPHONEBOOK under the DFTELECOM 176
4.6.3 Contents of files at the DFMULTIMEDIA level 176
4.6.3.1 EFMML (Multimedia Messages List) 176
4.6.3.2 EFMMDF (Multimedia Messages Data File) 179
4.7 Files of USIM 180
I will leave you to conclude whether you may think USIM has little or no relevance to an investigation.
