CAPEC-153

Input Data Manipulation
Medium
Draft
2014-06-23
00h00 +00:00
2022-02-22
00h00 +00:00
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Descriptions CAPEC

An attacker exploits a weakness in input validation by controlling the format, structure, and composition of data to an input-processing interface. By supplying input of a non-standard or unexpected form an attacker can adversely impact the security of the target.

Informations CAPEC

Prerequisites

The target must accept user data for processing and the manner in which this data is processed must depend on some aspect of the format or flags that the attacker can control.

Resources Required

None: No specialized resources are required to execute this type of attack.

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID Weakness Name

CWE-20

 Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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 2017-01-09 +00:00 Updated Related_Attack_Patterns
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2017-08-04 +00:00 Updated Resources_Required
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2019-04-04 +00:00 Updated Related_Weaknesses
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2022-02-22 +00:00 Updated Description, Extended_Description