CAPEC-697 — DHCP Spoofing
CAPEC-697: DHCP Spoofing
MITRE CAPEC attack pattern
| Status | Stable |
| Typical severity | High |
| Likelihood of attack | Low |
| Catalogue | CAPEC 3.9 (2023-01-24) |
Description
An adversary masquerades as a legitimate Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server by spoofing DHCP traffic, with the goal of redirecting network traffic or denying service to DHCP.
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-923
ATT&CK techniques: T1557.003
Prerequisites
- The adversary must have access to a machine within the target LAN which can send DHCP offers to the target.
Skills required
- Medium: The adversary must identify potential targets for DHCP Spoofing and craft network configurations to obtain the desired results.
Consequences
- Confidentiality, Access Control: Read Data
- Integrity, Access Control: Modify Data, Execute Unauthorized Commands
- Availability: Resource Consumption
Mitigations
- Design: MAC-Forced Forwarding
- Implementation: Port Security and DHCP snooping
- Implementation: Network-based Intrusion Detection Systems