CAPEC-648

Collect Data from Screen Capture
Medium
Medium
Draft
2018-07-31
00h00 +00:00
2022-09-29
00h00 +00:00
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Descriptions CAPEC

An adversary gathers sensitive information by exploiting the system's screen capture functionality. Through screenshots, the adversary aims to see what happens on the screen over the course of an operation. The adversary can leverage information gathered in order to carry out further attacks.

Informations CAPEC

Prerequisites

The adversary must have obtained logical access to the system by some means (e.g., via obtained credentials or planting malware on the system).

Skills Required

Once the adversary has logical access (which can potentially require high knowledge and skill level), the adversary needs only to leverage the relevant command for screen capture.

Resources Required

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

Mitigations

Identify potentially malicious software that may have functionality to acquire screen captures, and audit and/or block it by using allowlist tools.
While screen capture is a legitimate and practical function, certain situations and context may require the disabling of this feature.

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID Weakness Name

CWE-267

 Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
A particular privilege, role, capability, or right can be used to perform unsafe actions that were not intended, even when it is assigned to the correct entity.

Submission

Name Organization Date Date release
CAPEC Content Team 2018-07-31 +00:00

Modifications

Name Organization Date Comment
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2019-09-30 +00:00 Updated Related_Attack_Patterns
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2020-07-30 +00:00 Updated Mitigations, Related_Attack_Patterns
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2022-09-29 +00:00 Updated Taxonomy_Mappings