CAPEC-37 — Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data
CAPEC-37: Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data
MITRE CAPEC attack pattern
| Status | Draft |
| Typical severity | Very High |
| Likelihood of attack | High |
| Catalogue | CAPEC 3.9 (2023-01-24) |
Description
An attacker examines a target system to find sensitive data that has been embedded within it. This information can reveal confidential contents, such as account numbers or individual keys/credentials that can be used as an intermediate step in a larger attack.
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-226, CWE-311, CWE-312, CWE-314, CWE-315, CWE-318, CWE-525, CWE-1239, CWE-1258, CWE-1266, CWE-1272, CWE-1278, CWE-1301, CWE-1330
ATT&CK techniques: T1005, T1552.004
Prerequisites
- In order to feasibly execute this type of attack, some valuable data must be present in client software.
- Additionally, this information must be unprotected, or protected in a flawed fashion, or through a mechanism that fails to resist reverse engineering, statistical, or other attack.
Skills required
- Medium: The attacker must possess knowledge of client code structure as well as ability to reverse-engineer or decompile it or probe it in other ways. This knowledge is specific to the technology and language used for the client distribution
Consequences
- Confidentiality: Read Data
- Integrity: Modify Data
- Confidentiality, Access Control, Authorization: Gain Privileges