CAPEC-186: Malicious Software Update

An adversary uses deceptive methods to cause a user or an automated process to download and install dangerous code believed to be a valid update that originates from an adversary controlled source.

Examples

Using an automated process to download and install dangerous code was key part of the NotPeyta attack [REF-697]

High
Severity
6
occurrences in scenarios
Frequency
1
Affected Components
6
Affected Scenarios

Requirements and Mitigations

Requirements

Component properties that must be true for this threat to apply:

Mitigations

Component properties that mitigate this threat:

Affected Components

Component Description Boundary
DZ App Primary DZ application and interface, executed on the host machine Local host

Affected Scenarios

convert — affects: DZ App
convert_basic — affects: DZ App
update — affects: DZ App
update_linux — affects: DZ App
update_windows — affects: DZ App
upgrade_sandbox — affects: DZ App

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