WPA/WPA2 handshake cracking
Captured 4-way handshake dictionary/brute-forced offline
categoryWireless, mobile, IoT and OT/ICS attacksseverityMediumdetectabilityLowlabnot yet measured
Example: hashcat 22000
Classification
28 values: 14 imported, 2 derived, 12 machine-classified. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | Credential attacksWireless, mobile & IoT/OT |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Adjacent |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Attacker skill required | Low |
| Resources required | Low |
| Likelihood / prevalence | Medium |
| Maturity | Commoditized |
Impact & scope
| Severity | Medium |
|---|---|
| Impact | Confidentiality |
| Platform | Identity ProviderLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteWindows |
| Environment | On-premises |
| Target asset class | Network device |
| Kill-chain phase (tactic) | Credential Access |
Detection & telemetry
| Detectability | Low |
|---|---|
| Testability | Atomic Red Team test |
| Data sources (ATT&CK data components) | File AccessFile CreationProcess AccessProcess CreationUser Account Authentication |
Detection & response
Mitigated by 16
- M1027 attack-mitigation
- M1032 attack-mitigation
D3-ANCId3fendD3-CCSAd3fendD3-CDPd3fendD3-CHd3fendD3-CRd3fendD3-CROd3fendD3-CTSd3fendD3-DUCd3fendD3-MFAd3fendD3-OTPd3fendD3-PRd3fendD3-PWAd3fendD3-RICd3fendD3-SPPd3fend
Detected by 2
- DET0105 attack-detection-strategy
39b31e81-5f5f-4898-9c0e-2160cfc0f9bfsigma
Tested by 1
6d27df5d-69d4-4c91-bc33-5983ffe91692atomic
Attack relationships
- Parent: Broken authentication (API)
- Parent: WPS PIN brute force
Framework references
- Primary source: https://hashcat.net/forum/thread-7717.html
- attack: T1110.002 (primary)
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 455 of Cyber-Attack-Taxonomy.md
- ev-0002 (Seeded-record enrichment run 2026-09-30 (crosswalk + facet classification)) — Crosswalk to attack:T1110.002 as the nearest framework entries; ids verified to exist in the cached catalogues.
- ev-0003 (MITRE Enterprise ATT&CK v19.2 (STIX 2.1)) — ATT&CK usage prevalence: 7 groups/software/campaigns reference this technique (ATT&CK enterprise v19.2)