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Attack Patterns CAPEC-697 — DHCP Spoofing
CAPEC-697

DHCP Spoofing

TLP:CLEAR

Description

Typical severity: High. Likelihood of attack: Low. An adversary masquerades as a legitimate Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server by spoofing DHCP traffic, with the goal of redirecting network traffic or denying service to DHCP.

Mitigation

Design: MAC-Forced Forwarding | Implementation: Port Security and DHCP snooping | Implementation: Network-based Intrusion Detection Systems

Details

Platforms
Social-engineering
Software
Hardware
Added
Jul 14, 2026
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