AVID-2023-V005
Vulnerability from avid – Published: 2023-03-31 – Updated: 2023-03-31 ATLAS Case StudySummary
This type of camera hijack attack can evade the traditional live facial recognition authentication model and enable access to privileged systems and victim impersonation.
Two individuals in China used this attack to gain access to the local government's tax system. They created a fake shell company and sent invoices via tax system to supposed clients. The individuals started this scheme in 2018 and were able to fraudulently collect $77 million.
Risk domain
Security
SEP view
S0403: Adversarial Example
Lifecycle
L06: Deployment
Organisations
Affected artifacts
1 artifact
| Artifact | Type |
|---|---|
| Shanghai government tax office's facial recognition service | System |
References
2 references
| URL | Label |
|---|---|
| https://atlas.mitre.org/studies/AML.CS0004 | Camera Hijack Attack on Facial Recognition System |
| https://www.wsj.com/articles/faces-are-the-next-t… | Faces are the next target for fraudsters |
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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