CAPEC-423: Influence Perception of Liking
Description
The adversary influences the target's actions by building a relationship where the target has a liking to the adversary. People are more likely to be influenced by people of whom they are fond, so the adversary attempts to ingratiate themself with the target via actions, appearance, or a combination thereof.
- Likelihood of attack
- Medium
- Typical severity
- Low
- Abstraction
- DetailedA low-level, detailed pattern, often for a particular technology.
Mechanism of attack: Engage in Deceptive Interactions
Prerequisites
- The adversary must have the means and knowledge of how to communicate with the target in some manner.The adversary must have knowledge of the types of things that the target likes.
Skills required
- LowThe adversary requires strong inter-personal and communication skills.
Consequences
- ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
Other
Attacks that leverage the principle of liking can lead to the target performing an action that results in a variety of consequences that negatively affect the confidentiality, availability, and/or integrity of an application or system.
Mitigations
- An organization should provide regular, robust cybersecurity training to its employees to prevent social engineering attacks.
Related weaknesses (CWE)
CAPEC 3.9 links no CWE weakness to this pattern.