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Capec-474 Detail

Signature Spoofing by Key Theft

Detailed Software Likelihood: Medium Typical Severity: High

Parents: 473

Threats: T59 T263 T271 T292 T307

Description

An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by theft and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.

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External ID Source Link Description
CAPEC-474 capec https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/474.html
CWE-522 cwe http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/522.html
T1552.004 ATTACK https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1552/004 Unsecured Credentials: Private Keys
REF-411 reference_from_CAPEC Sigbjørn Vik, Security breach stopped, 2013--06---26, http://my.opera.com/securitygroup/blog/2013/06/26/opera-infrastructure-attack
REF-412 reference_from_CAPEC Patrick Morley, Bit9 and Our Customers’ Security, 2013--02---08, https://blog.bit9.com/2013/02/08/bit9-and-our-customers-security/
REF-413 reference_from_CAPEC Brad Arkin, Inappropriate Use of Adobe Code Signing Certificate, 2012--09---27, http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2012/09/inappropriate-use-of-adobe-code-signing-certificate.html

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  1. An authoritative or reputable signer is storing their private signature key with insufficient protection.

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Low High
Knowledge of common location methods and access methods to sensitive data
Ability to compromise systems containing sensitive data

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