CAPEC-582: Route Disabling

An adversary disables the network route between two targets. The goal is to completely sever the communications channel between two entities. This is often the result of a major error or the use of an Internet kill switch by those in control of critical infrastructure. This attack pattern differs from most other obstruction patterns by targeting the route itself, as opposed to the data passed over the route.

High
Severity
35
occurrences in scenarios
Frequency
11
Affected Components
9
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
Rekor Log Server Transparency log server for verifying signature timestamps Internet
GitHub release server Internet
Cosign Binary (build machines) Cosign binary running on the build machine FPF-operated Tailnet
Certum Card Hardware security module for Windows code signing FPF-operated Tailnet
Build machines Build machines (Mac minis) operated by FPF Infra FPF-operated Tailnet
Random doc source Internet
External github repositories Internet
dangerzone.rocks Official Dangerzone website Internet
DZ GitHub repo Dangerzone GitHub repository for releases Internet
GitHub Container Registry ghcr.io - Container registry hosting signed sandbox images Internet
DZ Linux package server FPF package servers for APT/YUM repos, operated by FPF infra Internet

Affected Scenarios

convert — affects: Random doc source
release — affects: Build machines GitHub Container Registry External github repositories Certum Card DZ Linux package server DZ GitHub repo dangerzone.rocks
release_basic — affects: Build machines GitHub Container Registry External github repositories DZ Linux package server DZ GitHub repo dangerzone.rocks
release_signatures — affects: Build machines GitHub Container Registry Certum Card DZ Linux package server DZ GitHub repo
release_sandbox — affects: GitHub Container Registry Build machines Cosign Binary (build machines) Rekor Log Server
update — affects: DZ GitHub repo dangerzone.rocks DZ Linux package server GitHub release server
update_linux — affects: DZ GitHub repo dangerzone.rocks DZ Linux package server
update_windows — affects: DZ GitHub repo dangerzone.rocks GitHub release server
upgrade_sandbox — affects: GitHub Container Registry Rekor Log Server

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