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Capec-587 Detail

Cross Frame Scripting (XFS)

Detailed Social Engineering Software Typical Severity: High

Parents: 103

Threats: T271 T292

Description

This attack pattern combines malicious Javascript and a legitimate webpage loaded into a concealed iframe. The malicious Javascript is then able to interact with a legitimate webpage in a manner that is unknown to the user. This attack usually leverages some element of social engineering in that an attacker must convinces a user to visit a web page that the attacker controls.

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External ID Source Link Description
CAPEC-587 capec https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/587.html
CWE-1021 cwe http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1021.html
OWASP Attacks https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Cross_Frame_Scripting Cross Frame Scripting
REF-469 reference_from_CAPEC https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cross_Frame_Scripting Cross Frame Scripting, 2016, OWASP
REF-470 reference_from_CAPEC https://seclab.stanford.edu/websec/framebusting/framebust.pdf Gustave Rydstedt, Elie Bursztein, Dan Boneh, and Collin Jackson, Busting Frame Busting: a Study of Clickjacking Vulnerabilities on Popular Sites, 2010--07---20

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  1. The user's browser must have vulnerabilities in its implementation of the same-origin policy. It allows certain data in a loaded page to originate from different servers/domains.

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Confidentiality
Read Data (Cross Frame Scripting allows an adversary to steal sensitive data from a legitimate site.)
  1. An adversary-controlled webpage contains malicious Javascript and a concealed iframe containing a legitimate website login (i.e., the concealed iframe would make it appear as though the actual legitimate website was loaded). When the user interacts with the legitimate website in the iframe, the malicious Javascript collects that sensitive information.