Session cookie theft / pass-the-cookie
Browser session cookies extracted and replayed elsewhere
categoryIdentity, authentication and credential attacksseverityHighdetectabilityHighlabnot yet measured
Classification
36 values: 10 reviewed, 19 imported, 7 derived. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | Credential attacks |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Attacker skill required | High |
| Resources required | Low |
| Likelihood / prevalence | High |
| Maturity | Commoditized |
Impact & scope
| Severity | High |
|---|---|
| Impact | ConfidentialityIntegrity |
| Platform | IaaSLinuxmacOSOffice SuiteSaaSWindows |
| Environment | CloudMobileOn-premises |
| Target asset class | EndpointIdentity |
| Kill-chain phase (tactic) | Credential AccessLateral Movement |
Detection & telemetry
| Detectability | High |
|---|---|
| Testability | Atomic Red Team test |
| Data sources (ATT&CK data components) | Application Log ContentFile AccessFile ModificationLogon Session CreationProcess AccessProcess CreationUser Account AuthenticationWeb Credential Usage |
| Defense bypassed | System access controls |
Detection & response
Mitigated by 36
- M1017 attack-mitigation
- M1021 attack-mitigation
- M1032 attack-mitigation
- M1047 attack-mitigation
- M1051 attack-mitigation
- M1054 attack-mitigation
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Detected by 4
- DET0074 attack-detection-strategy
- DET0509 attack-detection-strategy
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Tested by 5
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Attack relationships
Framework references
- Primary source: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/11/16/token-tactics-how-to-prevent-detect-and-respond-to-cloud-token-theft/
- attack: T1539 (primary)
- attack: T1550.004
Evidence & sources
- ev-0001 (Cyber Attack Taxonomy) — Name, definition and Example/ID taken verbatim from the 'Identity, authentication and credential attacks' table, line 347 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)
- ev-0003 (MITRE Enterprise ATT&CK v19.2 (STIX 2.1)) — ATT&CK usage prevalence: 29 groups/software/campaigns reference this technique (ATT&CK enterprise v19.2)