Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) Attack

After identifying an adequate transaction in mempool the attackers front-run this tranaction of the vicitim in order to manipulate the price of a token or coin on a decentralized exchange (dex) by paying a higher gas fee. The victim suffers a higher price slippage for the transaction (e.g. coin swap). The attacker back-runs the victim's transaction an gets a better price for the own tokens/coins.
Sub techniques (3)
IDName
R02 Dex vulnerability scan
RD06 Bot development
R13 Mem pool observation
IDMitigationDescription
M21Buy/swap tokens/coins on decentralized exchanges, which implement solutions to protect usersTo not become a victim of a sandwich attack users should use decentralized exchanges, which implement solutions to protect them.