Metalikelihood: Highseverity: Very HighStable
CAPEC-173Action Spoofing
Abstraction
Meta
Status
Stable
Likelihood
High
Severity
Very High
Description
An adversary is able to disguise one action for another and therefore trick a user into initiating one type of action when they intend to initiate a different action. For example, a user might be led to believe that clicking a button will submit a query, but in fact it downloads software. Adversaries may perform this attack through social means, such as by simply convincing a victim to perform the action or relying on a user's natural inclination to do so, or through technical means, such as a clickjacking attack where a user sees one interface but is actually interacting with a second, invisible, interface.
Related weaknesses· 1
Exploits1
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Informationcwe-451 | 100% | live |
Related by meaning· 6
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