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Clickjacking

Clickjacking is a UI redress attack where an attacker tricks a user into clicking on a hidden button or link, redirecting their action to another page. An example includes an attacker overlaying a fake button with an invisible iframe that controls the user's actions, such as deleting emails. To defend against clickjacking, measures include using Content Security Policy headers, setting authentication cookies properly, and implementing defensive UI code.

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Clickjacking

Clickjacking is a UI redress attack where an attacker tricks a user into clicking on a hidden button or link, redirecting their action to another page. An example includes an attacker overlaying a fake button with an invisible iframe that controls the user's actions, such as deleting emails. To defend against clickjacking, measures include using Content Security Policy headers, setting authentication cookies properly, and implementing defensive UI code.

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CLICKJACKING

WHAT IS CLICKJACKING?

• Clickjacking, also known as a “UI redress attack”, is when an


attacker uses multiple transparent or opaque layers to trick a
user into clicking on a button or link on another page when
they were intending to click on the top level page. Thus, the
attacker is “hijacking” clicks meant for their page and routing
them to another page, most likely owned by another
application, domain, or both.
• Using a similar technique, keystrokes can also be hijacked.
With a carefully crafted combination of stylesheets, iframes,
and text boxes, a user can be led to believe they are typing in
the password to their email or bank account, but are instead
typing into an invisible frame controlled by the attacker.
EXAMPLES

• For example, imagine an attacker who builds a web site


that has a button on it that says “click here for a free
iPod”. However, on top of that web page, the attacker
has loaded an iframe with your mail account, and lined
up exactly the “delete all messages” button directly on
top of the “free iPod” button. The victim tries to click on
the “free iPod” button but instead actually clicked on the
invisible “delete all messages” button. In essence, the
attacker has “hijacked” the user’s click, hence the name
“Clickjacking”.
HOW IT WORKS?
USE CASE:

• One of the most notorious examples of


Clickjacking was an attack against the Adobe
Flash plugin settings page. By loading this
page into an invisible iframe, an attacker could
trick a user into altering the security settings of
Flash, giving permission for any Flash
animation to utilize the computer’s microphone
and camera.
DEFENDING AGAINST CLICKJACKING:

There are three main ways to prevent clickjacking:


1) Sending the proper Content Security Policy (CSP) frame-
ancestors directive response headers that instruct the
browser to not allow framing from other domains. The
older X-Frame-Options HTTP headers is used for graceful
degradation and older browser compatibility.
2) Properly setting authentication cookies with
SameSite=Strict (or Lax), unless they explicitly need
None (which is rare).
3) Employing defensive code in the UI to ensure that the
current frame is the most top level window.
THANK YOU :)

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