CAPEC Definitions

    CAPEC Definitions / CAPEC-617

    CAPEC-617: Cellular Rogue Base Station

    In this attack scenario, the attacker imitates a cellular base station with their own rogue base station equipment. Since cellular devices connect to whatever station has the strongest signal, the attacker can easily convince a targeted cellular device (e.g. the retransmission device) to talk to the rogue base station.

    Severity:Low
    Possibility:

    Extended Description

    No Extended Description.

    Mitigations

    Passively monitor cellular network connection for real-time threat detection and logging for manual review.

    Relationships with other CAPECs

    CAPEC-616: Establish Rogue Location

    Prerequisites

    None

    Related Weaknesses

    No related Weaknesses found.