Evil twin AP
Clone of a trusted SSID so clients connect through attacker hardware
categoryWireless, mobile, IoT and OT/ICS attacksseverityHighdetectabilityNonelabnot yet measured
Classification
27 values: 15 reviewed, 10 imported, 2 derived. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | Network attacksWireless, mobile & IoT/OT |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Adjacent |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Active |
| Attacker skill required | Low |
| Resources required | Medium |
| Likelihood / prevalence | High |
| Maturity | Commoditized |
Impact & scope
| Severity | High |
|---|---|
| Impact | ConfidentialityIntegrity |
| Platform | Network DevicesNone |
| Environment | MobileOn-premises |
| Target asset class | IdentityNetwork device |
| Kill-chain phase (tactic) | CollectionCredential AccessInitial Access |
Detection & telemetry
| Detectability | None |
|---|---|
| Data sources (ATT&CK data components) | Application Log ContentLogon Session CreationNetwork Traffic ContentNetwork Traffic Flow |
Detection & response
Mitigated by 20
- M0802 attack-mitigation
- M0806 attack-mitigation
- M0808 attack-mitigation
- M0813 attack-mitigation
- M1017 attack-mitigation
- M1031 attack-mitigation
D3-APCAd3fendD3-CSPPd3fendD3-DNLd3fendD3-HCId3fendD3-IOPRd3fendD3-NTCDd3fendD3-NTFd3fendD3-NTSAd3fendD3-PHDURAd3fendD3-PLMd3fendD3-PMADd3fendD3-RHd3fendD3-RTSDd3fendD3-UGLPAd3fend
Detected by 2
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/matrices/ics/
- attack: T1557.004 (primary)
- attack-ics: T0860
Evidence & sources
- ev-0001 (Cyber Attack Taxonomy) — Name, definition and Example/ID taken verbatim from the 'Wireless, mobile, IoT and OT/ICS attacks' table, line 448 of Cyber-Attack-Taxonomy.md
- ev-0002 (MITRE Enterprise ATT&CK v19.2 (STIX 2.1)) — ATT&CK usage prevalence: 1 groups/software/campaigns reference this technique (ATT&CK enterprise v19.2)
- ev-0003 (MITRE ICS ATT&CK v19.2 (STIX 2.1)) — ATT&CK usage prevalence: 1 groups/software/campaigns reference this technique (ATT&CK ics v19.2)