CAPEC-116 — Excavation
CAPEC-116: Excavation
MITRE CAPEC attack pattern
| Status | Stable |
| Typical severity | Medium |
| Likelihood of attack | High |
| Catalogue | CAPEC 3.9 (2023-01-24) |
Description
An adversary actively probes the target in a manner that is designed to solicit information that could be leveraged for malicious purposes.
Where this sits in the chain
A finding maps to a weakness (CWE), a weakness is exploited by an attack pattern (CAPEC), and an attack pattern shows up in ATT&CK as observed adversary behaviour. This page is the middle hop.
Weaknesses exploited: CWE-200, CWE-1243
Prerequisites
- An adversary requires some way of interacting with the system.
Consequences
- Confidentiality: Read Data
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.