Incident Overview
Mars Meta Space was exploited via Access Control which resulted in a loss of 102,310 $USD
Mars Meta Space is a Gaming Metaverse running on the BNB chain. MarsMinerToken with the token symbol $MMT is a project asset, trading on PancakeSwap. The project was exploited via signature compromise, which allowed the attacker to take 301.8 $BNB from the pool, which is worth 102,310 at the moment.
All the stolen funds were transferred through TornadoCash. The token price dropped by more than 80% after the incident.
Attacker address:
https://bscscan.com/address/0x2a45a576…52f9f7
Malicious transaction:
https://bscscan.com/tx/0xeac428cf…99167f
Funds transfer transaction example:
https://bscscan.com/tx/0xd1dbbf1c…ada317
Incident Report
Protocol Information
What the Attacker Needed to Succeed
Understanding the prerequisites for this type of attack helps auditors identify protocols that are most at risk and helps developers build better defenses.
What Auditors Should Check
If you're auditing a protocol with similar architecture to Mars Meta Space, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (February 2023).
- Verify all logic paths related to Access Control are guarded by proper access controls and input validation - see the Access Control Attacks attack class for patterns
- Review privileged functions (owner, admin, governance) for potential abuse vectors - centralization risks should be documented and bounded with timelocks or multi-sigs
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