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CAPEC-620

Drop Encryption Level

An attacker forces the encryption level to be lowered, thus enabling a successful attack against the encrypted data.

Abstraction

Standard

Typical severity

High

Likelihood of attack

Medium

Understand the attack

What is this attack pattern?

An attacker forces the encryption level to be lowered, thus enabling a successful attack against the encrypted data.

Requirements

What does the attack require?

Prerequisites

  • Target application or infrastructure exposes an exploitable vulnerability surface.

Skills required

Not stated in the MITRE record.

Resources required

Not stated in the MITRE record.

Impact

What does a successful attack lead to?

Bypass Protection Mechanism

Affected scopes: Access Control

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