312-50V12 · Question #7
Boney, a professional hacker, targets an organization for financial benefits. He performs an attack by sending his session ID using an MITM attack technique. Boney first obtains a valid session ID by
The correct answer is C. Session donation attack. This question tests knowledge of session-based web attacks, specifically how an attacker can manipulate session handling to capture victim data into their own account.
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- AForbidden attack
- BCRIME attack
- CSession donation attack
- DSession fixation attack
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(21 responses)- A5% (1)
- B5% (1)
- C90% (19)
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This question tests knowledge of session-based web attacks, specifically how an attacker can manipulate session handling to capture victim data into their own account.
A forbidden attack exploits weaknesses in CBC-mode encryption using a known IV to forge authentication tokens, which is unrelated to session ID sharing or account linking.
The CRIME (Compression Ratio Info-leak Made Easy) attack exploits TLS/SSL data compression to recover session cookies by analyzing compressed ciphertext size, which is not related to sharing a session ID with a victim via a link.
A session donation attack occurs when an attacker 'donates' their own valid session ID to a victim, tricking the victim into operating under the attacker's session context. Unlike session fixation where the goal is to hijack the victim's authenticated session, session donation causes the victim to unknowingly submit data (such as payment information) that gets associated with the attacker's account, giving the attacker direct financial benefit without the victim realizing the session belongs to someone else.
Session fixation involves the attacker forcing a victim to use a specific session ID so that once the victim authenticates, the attacker can hijack that now-authenticated session - the key difference is the attacker gains access to the victim's authenticated account, whereas in session donation the victim is linked to the attacker's account.
Concept tested: Session donation attack vs session fixation distinction
Source: https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Session_fixation
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