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CAPEC-75

Manipulating Writeable Configuration Files
HIGH
Draft
2014-06-23 00:00 +00:00
2022-09-29 00:00 +00:00
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Description

Generally these are manually edited files that are not in the preview of the system administrators, any ability on the attackers' behalf to modify these files, for example in a CVS repository, gives unauthorized access directly to the application, the same as authorized users.

Informations

Prerequisites

Configuration files must be modifiable by the attacker

Skills Required

To identify vulnerable configuration files, and understand how to manipulate servers and erase forensic evidence

Mitigations

Design: Enforce principle of least privilege
Design: Backup copies of all configuration files
Implementation: Integrity monitoring for configuration files
Implementation: Enforce audit logging on code and configuration promotion procedures.
Implementation: Load configuration from separate process and memory space, for example a separate physical device like a CD

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID Weakness Name
CWE-349 Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data
The product, when processing trusted data, accepts any untrusted data that is also included with the trusted data, treating the untrusted data as if it were trusted.
CWE-99 Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')
The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before it is used as an identifier for a resource that may be outside the intended sphere of control.
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CWE-346 Origin Validation Error
The product does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid.
CWE-353 Missing Support for Integrity Check
The product uses a transmission protocol that does not include a mechanism for verifying the integrity of the data during transmission, such as a checksum.
CWE-354 Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value
The product does not validate or incorrectly validates the integrity check values or "checksums" of a message. This may prevent it from detecting if the data has been modified or corrupted in transmission.

References

REF-1

Exploiting Software: How to Break Code
G. Hoglund, G. McGraw.

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 2015-12-07 +00:00 Updated Related_Attack_Patterns
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 Related_Attack_Patterns
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2021-06-24 +00:00 Updated Related_Weaknesses
CAPEC Content Team The MITRE Corporation 2022-09-29 +00:00 Updated Example_Instances

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