CAPEC-575: Account Footprinting
Description
An adversary exploits functionality meant to identify information about the domain accounts and their permissions on the target system to an authorized user. By knowing what accounts are registered on the target system, the adversary can inform further and more targeted malicious behavior. Example Windows commands which can acquire this information are: net user and dsquery.
- Likelihood of attack
- Low
- Typical severity
- Low
- Abstraction
- StandardA specific methodology or technique used in an attack.
Mechanism of attack: Collect and Analyze Information
Prerequisites
- The adversary must have gained access to the target system via physical or logical means in order to carry out this attack.
Consequences
- Confidentiality
Other
- ConfidentialityAccess ControlAuthorization
Bypass Protection Mechanism; Hide Activities
Mitigations
- Identify programs that may be used to acquire account information and block them by using a software restriction policy or tools that restrict program execution by uysing a process allowlist.
Related weaknesses (CWE)
ATT&CK techniques (CAPEC taxonomy mapping)
Across MITRE's defensive frameworks
Linked through the 1 ATT&CK technique above.
Counter with D3FEND
Defensive techniques MITRE D3FEND maps to the same ATT&CK techniques.
- D3-LAMLocal Account Monitoring1 shared
- D3-DAMDomain Account Monitoring1 shared
- D3-ALAccount Locking1 shared
- D3-AAAgent Authentication1 shared
- D3-RUAARestore User Account Access1 shared
- D3-ULAUnlock Account1 shared
- D3-UAPUser Account Permissions1 shared
- D3-CDPChange Default Password1 shared
- D3-AMAccess Modeling1 shared
Detect with CAR
MITRE CAR analytics that cover the same ATT&CK techniques.