CAPEC-149: Explore for Predictable Temporary File Names
Description
An attacker explores a target to identify the names and locations of predictable temporary files for the purpose of launching further attacks against the target. This involves analyzing naming conventions and storage locations of the temporary files created by a target application. If an attacker can predict the names of temporary files they can use this information to mount other attacks, such as information gathering and symlink attacks.
- Likelihood of attack
- Not rated by MITRE
- Typical severity
- Medium
- Abstraction
- DetailedA low-level, detailed pattern, often for a particular technology.
Mechanism of attack: Collect and Analyze Information
Prerequisites
- The targeted application must create names for temporary files using a predictable procedure, e.g. using sequentially increasing numbers.
- The attacker must be able to see the names of the files the target is creating.
Mitigations
CAPEC 3.9 lists no mitigation for this pattern; see its child patterns or related weaknesses.