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CAPEC-476: Signature Spoofing by Misrepresentation

Attack Pattern ID: 476
Abstraction: Detailed
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+ Description
An attacker exploits a weakness in the parsing or display code of the recipient software to generate a data blob containing a supposedly valid signature, but the signer's identity is falsely represented, which can lead to the attacker manipulating the recipient software or its victim user to perform compromising actions.
+ Likelihood Of Attack

Low

+ Typical Severity

High

+ Relationships
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NatureTypeIDName
ChildOfStandard Attack PatternStandard Attack Pattern - A standard level attack pattern in CAPEC is focused on a specific methodology or technique used in an attack. It is often seen as a singular piece of a fully executed attack. A standard attack pattern is meant to provide sufficient details to understand the specific technique and how it attempts to accomplish a desired goal. A standard level attack pattern is a specific type of a more abstract meta level attack pattern.473Signature Spoof
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+ Prerequisites
Recipient is using signature verification software that does not clearly indicate potential homographs in the signer identity.Recipient is using signature verification software that contains a parsing vulnerability, or allows control characters in the signer identity field, such that a signature is mistakenly displayed as valid and from a known or authoritative signer.
+ Skills Required
[Level: High]
Attacker needs to understand the layout and composition of data blobs used by the target application.
[Level: High]
To discover a specific vulnerability, attacker needs to reverse engineer signature parsing, signature verification and signer representation code.
[Level: High]
Attacker may be required to create malformed data blobs and know how to insert them in a location that the recipient will visit.
+ Mitigations
Ensure the application is using parsing and data display techniques that will accurately display control characters, international symbols and markings, and ultimately recognize potential homograph attacks.
+ Taxonomy Mappings
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Relevant to the ATT&CK taxonomy mapping (see parent )
+ References
[REF-414] Eric Johanson. "The state of homograph attacks". http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt. 2005-02-11.
+ Content History
Submissions
Submission DateSubmitterOrganization
2014-06-23
(Version 2.6)
CAPEC Content TeamThe MITRE Corporation
Modifications
Modification DateModifierOrganization
2019-04-04
(Version 3.1)
CAPEC Content TeamThe MITRE Corporation
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