CAPEC-633

Token Impersonation
Medium
Stable
2018-04-12
00h00 +00:00
2021-06-24
00h00 +00:00
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Descriptions CAPEC

An adversary exploits a weakness in authentication to create an access token (or equivalent) that impersonates a different entity, and then associates a process/thread to that that impersonated token. This action causes a downstream user to make a decision or take action that is based on the assumed identity, and not the response that blocks the adversary.

Informations CAPEC

Prerequisites

This pattern of attack is only applicable when a downstream user leverages tokens to verify identity, and then takes action based on that identity.

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID Weakness Name

CWE-287

 Improper Authentication
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

CWE-1270

 Generation of Incorrect Security Tokens
The product implements a Security Token mechanism to differentiate what actions are allowed or disallowed when a transaction originates from an entity. However, the Security Tokens generated in the system are incorrect.

Submission

Name Organization Date Date release
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2018-04-12 +00:00

Modifications

Name Organization Date Comment
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2019-04-04 +00:00 Updated Related_Attack_Patterns
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2020-07-30 +00:00 Updated Taxonomy_Mappings
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2021-06-24 +00:00 Updated Related_Weaknesses, Taxonomy_Mappings