CAPEC Definitions

    CAPEC Definitions / CAPEC-272

    CAPEC-272: Protocol Manipulation

    An adversary subverts a communications protocol to perform an attack. This type of attack can allow an adversary to impersonate others, discover sensitive information, control the outcome of a session, or perform other attacks. This type of attack targets invalid assumptions that may be inherent in implementers of the protocol, incorrect implementations of the protocol, or vulnerabilities in the protocol itself.

    Severity:Medium
    Possibility:

    Extended Description

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    Mitigations

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    Relationships with other CAPECs

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    Prerequisites

    The protocol or implementations thereof must contain bugs that an adversary can exploit.

    Related Weaknesses

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