CAPEC-620 — Drop Encryption Level
CAPEC-620: Drop Encryption Level
MITRE CAPEC attack pattern
| Status | Draft |
| Typical severity | High |
| Likelihood of attack | — |
| Catalogue | CAPEC 3.9 (2023-01-24) |
Description
An attacker forces the encryption level to be lowered, thus enabling a successful attack against the encrypted data.
Where this sits in the chain
A finding maps to a weakness (CWE), a weakness is exploited by an attack pattern (CAPEC), and an attack pattern shows up in ATT&CK as observed adversary behaviour. This page is the middle hop.
Weaknesses exploited: CWE-757
ATT&CK techniques: T1600
Consequences
- Access Control: Bypass Protection Mechanism