CAPEC-116

Excavation
High
Medium
Stable
2014-06-23
00h00 +00:00
2022-09-29
00h00 +00:00
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Descriptions CAPEC

An adversary actively probes the target in a manner that is designed to solicit information that could be leveraged for malicious purposes.

Informations CAPEC

Prerequisites

An adversary requires some way of interacting with the system.

Resources Required

A tool, such as an Adversary in the Middle (CAPEC-94) Proxy or a fuzzer, that is capable of generating and injecting custom inputs to be used in the attack.

Mitigations

Minimize error/response output to only what is necessary for functional use or corrective language.
Remove potentially sensitive information that is not necessary for the application's functionality.

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID Weakness Name

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

CWE-1243

Sensitive Non-Volatile Information Not Protected During Debug
Access to security-sensitive information stored in fuses is not limited during debug.

Submission

Name Organization Date Date release
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2014-06-23 +00:00

Modifications

Name Organization Date Comment
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2015-11-09 +00:00 Updated Activation_Zone, Attack_Prerequisites, Description Summary, Injection_Vector, Payload, Payload_Activation_Impact
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2017-05-01 +00:00 Updated Attack_Motivation-Consequences, Attack_Prerequisites, Description Summary, Other_Notes, Related_Weaknesses, Resources_Required, Solutions_and_Mitigations, Typical_Likelihood_of_Exploit
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2020-07-30 +00:00 Updated Related_Weaknesses
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2020-12-17 +00:00 Updated Related_Attack_Patterns
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2021-06-24 +00:00 Updated Resources_Required
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2022-09-29 +00:00 Updated Description, Extended_Description