CAPEC-184 Software Integrity Attack

CAPEC ID: 184

CAPEC-184 Metadata

Likelihood of Attack

High

Typical Severity

Low

Overview

Summary

An attacker initiates a series of events designed to cause a user, program, server, or device to perform actions which undermine the integrity of software code, device data structures, or device firmware, achieving the modification of the target's integrity to achieve an insecure state.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites listed.

Potential Solutions / Mitigations

No specific solutions listed.

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE ID Description
CWE-494 Download of Code Without Integrity Check

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