W3-MEV-SANDWICHImpact

MEV Sandwich Attack

Detect a victim swap in the mempool, front-run with buy, back-run with sell — profit from victim's price impact.

§ Where this technique fits

W3-MEV-SANDWICH is catalogued under the Impact tactic of the offensive-security kill-chain. It appears in 1 approved dossier in the registry, typically at step 4 on average.

§ Dossiers chaining this technique

MEV bot honeypot → drain searcher
Plant a transaction that looks like easy arbitrage in the public mempool. The MEV searcher bot front-runs into a trap contract whose 'profit' function reverts and seizes the searcher's gas + funds.
step 4 / 5

§ What commonly comes next

01
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
T1041 · Exfiltration
seen 1×

§ Where this technique fits

§ Dossiers chaining this technique

MEV bot honeypot → drain searcher

§ What commonly comes next