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UNIT 42

The Current Landscape of OAuth Attacks

MEDIUM OAuth identity security consent phishing token theft
The Current Landscape of OAuth Attacks

Strategic summary

OAuth attacks are not classic malware attacks; they abuse trust in cloud apps and tokens, giving attackers long-lived access to M365 data without a password.

Relevance for you

OAuth attacks are not classic malware attacks; they abuse trust in cloud apps and tokens, giving attackers long-lived access to M365 data without a password.

Risk score

Review required 0
cvss base
0.00
kev bonus
0.00
epss bonus
0.00
poc bonus
15.00
raw before weight
15.00
industry weight
1.10
freshness factor
0.50
exploitability factor
1.00
days old
14.00
vendor mismatch penalty
0.00
consensus penalty
-8.00

Path: operational

Consensus check

The pipeline self-checks before delivery. These rules lowered the score:

  • VENDOR_MISMATCH Vendor not found in alert title −5
  • TTP_SKIPPED TTP mapping skipped (placeholder or aggregation article) −3
Consensus penalty:
−8.0
Total penalty:
−8.0
ESC

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