CAPEC-580 — System Footprinting
CAPEC-580: System Footprinting
MITRE CAPEC attack pattern
| Status | Stable |
| Typical severity | Low |
| Likelihood of attack | Low |
| Catalogue | CAPEC 3.9 (2023-01-24) |
Description
An adversary engages in active probing and exploration activities to determine security information about a remote target system. Often times adversaries will rely on remote applications that can be probed for system configurations.
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-204, CWE-205, CWE-208
ATT&CK techniques: T1082
Prerequisites
- The adversary must have logical access to the target network and system.
Skills required
- Low: The adversary needs to know basic linux commands.
Consequences
- Confidentiality: Read Data
Mitigations
- Keep patches up to date by installing weekly or daily if possible.
- Identify programs that may be used to acquire peripheral information and block them by using a software restriction policy or tools that restrict program execution by using a process allowlist.