CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion
Description
Extended Description
Pretexting can also be used to impersonate people in certain jobs and roles that they never themselves have done. In simple form, these attacks can be leveraged to learn information about a target. More complicated iterations may seek to solicit a target to perform some action that assists the adversary in exploiting organizational weaknesses or obtaining access to secure facilities or systems. Pretexting is not a one-size fits all solution. Good information gathering techniques can make or break a good pretext. A solid pretext is an essential part of building trust. If an adversary’s alias, story, or identity has holes or lacks credibility or even the perception of credibility the target will most likely catch on.
Severity :
High
Possibility :
High
Type :
Detailed
Relationships with other CAPECs
This table shows the other attack patterns and high level categories that are related to this attack pattern.
Prerequisites
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- The target system uses a mail server.
- Mail server vendor has not released a patch for the MIME conversion routine, the patch itself has a security hole or does not fix the original problem, or the patch has not been applied to the user's system.
Skills required
This table shows the other attack patterns and high level categories that are related to this attack pattern.
- Low It may be trivial to cause a DoS via this attack pattern
- High Causing arbitrary code to execute on the target system.
Taxonomy mappings
Mappings to ATT&CK, OWASP and other frameworks.
Related CWE
A Related Weakness relationship associates a weakness with this attack pattern. Each association implies a weakness that must exist for a given attack to be successful.
CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
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