CAPEC-617 Metadata
Likelihood of Attack
Medium
Typical Severity
Low
Overview
Summary
In this attack scenario, the attacker imitates a cellular base station with their own "rogue" base station equipment. Since cellular devices connect to whatever station has the strongest signal, the attacker can easily convince a targeted cellular device (e.g. the retransmission device) to talk to the rogue base station.
Prerequisites
None
Potential Solutions / Mitigations
Passively monitor cellular network connection for real-time threat detection and logging for manual review.
Related CAPECs
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CAPEC-616 | An adversary provides a malicious version of a resource at a location that is similar to the expected location of a legitimate resource. After establishing the rogue location, the adversary waits for a victim to visit the location and access the malicious resource. |
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