CAPECattack pattern
CAPEC-627 Counterfeit GPS Signals
High
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- Abstraction
- Standard
- Status
- Draft
- Likelihood of attack
- Low
- Typical severity
- High
- CAPEC version
- 3.9
Description
An adversary attempts to deceive a GPS receiver by broadcasting counterfeit GPS signals, structured to resemble a set of normal GPS signals. These spoofed signals may be structured in such a way as to cause the receiver to estimate its position to be somewhere other than where it actually is, or to be located where it is but at a different time, as determined by the adversary.
Prerequisites
• The target must be relying on valid GPS signal to perform critical operations.
Skills required
• [High] The ability to spoof GPS signals is not trival.
Consequences
• Integrity: Modify Data
Related
Child of · CAPEC (1)
- CAPEC-148 Content Spoofing attack pattern
Referenced by CAPEC · child of (1)
- CAPEC-628 Carry-Off GPS Attack attack pattern