ARP spoofing / poisoning
Forged ARP replies map attacker MAC to a victim IP on the LAN
categoryNetwork and infrastructure attacksseverityHighdetectabilityNonelabnot yet measured
Classification
23 values: 10 reviewed, 9 imported, 4 derived. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | Network attacks |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Adjacent |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Attacker skill required | Medium |
| Resources required | Low |
| Likelihood / prevalence | High |
| Maturity | Commoditized |
Impact & scope
| Severity | High |
|---|---|
| Impact | ConfidentialityIntegrity |
| Platform | LinuxmacOSWindows |
| Environment | On-premises |
| Target asset class | Network device |
| Kill-chain phase (tactic) | CollectionCredential Access |
Detection & telemetry
| Detectability | None |
|---|---|
| Data sources (ATT&CK data components) | Network Connection CreationNetwork Traffic ContentNetwork Traffic Flow |
Detection & response
Mitigated by 15
- M1017 attack-mitigation
- M1031 attack-mitigation
- M1035 attack-mitigation
- M1037 attack-mitigation
- M1041 attack-mitigation
- M1042 attack-mitigation
D3-APCAd3fendD3-CSPPd3fendD3-NTCDd3fendD3-NTFd3fendD3-NTSAd3fendD3-PHDURAd3fendD3-PMADd3fendD3-RTSDd3fendD3-UGLPAd3fend
Detected by 1
- DET0387 attack-detection-strategy
Attack relationships
- Parent: AD CS relay (ESC8/ESC11)
- Parent: Adversary-in-the-middle (AitM/MITM)
- Parent: Adversary-in-the-middle phishing kits
- Parent: IPv6 rogue router advertisement
- Parent: MITM on key exchange
- Parent: Passkey / FIDO downgrade
- Parent: Pharming
- Parent: Phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS)
- Parent: SSL stripping
- Parent: STP manipulation
Framework references
- Primary source: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1557/
- attack: T1557.002 (primary)
Evidence & sources
- ev-0001 (Cyber Attack Taxonomy) — Name, definition and Example/ID taken verbatim from the 'Network and infrastructure attacks' table, line 167 of Cyber-Attack-Taxonomy.md
- ev-0002 (MITRE Enterprise ATT&CK v19.2 (STIX 2.1)) — ATT&CK usage prevalence: 2 groups/software/campaigns reference this technique (ATT&CK enterprise v19.2)