CAPEC-181

Flash File Overlay
Medium
Draft
2014-06-23
00h00 +00:00
2019-09-30
00h00 +00:00
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Descriptions CAPEC

An attacker creates a transparent overlay using flash in order to intercept user actions for the purpose of performing a clickjacking attack. In this technique, the Flash file provides a transparent overlay over HTML content. Because the Flash application is on top of the content, user actions, such as clicks, are caught by the Flash application rather than the underlying HTML. The action is then interpreted by the overlay to perform the actions the attacker wishes.

Informations CAPEC

Prerequisites

The victim must be tricked into navigating to the attackers' decoy site and performing the actions on the decoy page.
The victim's browser must support invisible Flash overlays.

Resources Required

The attacker must be able to force the Flash overlay over the decoy content.

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID Weakness Name

CWE-1021

 Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames
The web application does not restrict or incorrectly restricts frame objects or UI layers that belong to another application or domain, which can lead to user confusion about which interface the user is interacting with.

Submission

Name Organization Date Date release
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2014-06-23 +00:00

Modifications

Name Organization Date Comment
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2019-04-04 +00:00 Updated Related_Weaknesses
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2019-09-30 +00:00 Updated Related_Attack_Patterns