CAPEC-559: Orbital Jamming
In this attack pattern, the adversary sends disruptive signals at a target satellite using a rogue uplink station to disrupt the intended transmission. Those within the satellite's footprint are prevented from reaching the satellite's targeted or neighboring channels. The satellite's footprint size depends upon its position in the sky; higher orbital satellites cover multiple continents.
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Overview
CAPEC-559 (Orbital Jamming) is a detailed-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.
What the attacker needs
Prerequisites
- This attack requires the knowledge of the satellite's coordinates for targeting.
Resources required
- A satellite uplink station.
Consequences
What a successful CAPEC-559 attack can achieve.
Other
Affects: Availability
A successful attack will deny the availability of the satellite communications for authorized users.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about CAPEC-559.
- What is CAPEC-559?
- In this attack pattern, the adversary sends disruptive signals at a target satellite using a rogue uplink station to disrupt the intended transmission. Those within the satellite's footprint are prevented from reaching the satellite's targeted or neighboring channels. The satellite's footprint size depends upon its position in the sky; higher orbital satellites cover multiple continents.
- How severe is CAPEC-559?
- MITRE rates CAPEC-559 as High severity with low likelihood of attack.
References
Attack-pattern data is sourced from the MITRE CAPEC catalog (v3.9). Weakness associations link to the corresponding CWE entries on RadicalNotion.AI.
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