COMMON ATTACK PATTERN ENUMERATION AND CLASSIFICATIONLive MITRE record

CAPEC-423

Influence Perception of Liking

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.

Abstraction

Detailed

Typical severity

Low

Likelihood of attack

Medium

Understand the attack

What is this attack pattern?

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.

Requirements

What does the attack require?

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

  • Low: The adversary requires strong inter-personal and communication skills.

Resources required

Not stated in the MITRE record.

Impact

What does a successful attack lead to?

Other

Affected scopes: Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability

Defence

How is it prevented and mitigated?

1
An organization should provide regular, robust cybersecurity training to its employees to prevent social engineering attacks.
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