Standard attack pattern
Draft
CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof
An attacker generates a message or datablock that causes the recipient to believe that the message or datablock was generated and cryptographically signed by an authoritative or reputable source, misleading a victim or victim operating system into performing malicious actions.
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Typical severity
Per MITRE
Not rated
Likelihood of attack
Per MITRE
3
Related weaknesses
CWEs this targets
Standard
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CAPEC-473 (Signature Spoof) is a standard-level attack pattern catalogued by MITRE in the Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC). It describes a recurring method attackers use to exploit software weaknesses.