CAPEC-577: Owner Footprinting
Description
An adversary exploits functionality meant to identify information about the primary users on the target system to an authorized user. They may do this, for example, by reviewing logins or file modification times. By knowing what owners use the target system, the adversary can inform further and more targeted malicious behavior. An example Windows command that may accomplish this is dir /A ntuser.dat. Which will display the last modified time of a user's ntuser.dat file when run within the root folder of a user. This time is synonymous with the last time that user was logged in.
- 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.
- Administrator permissions are required to view the home folder of other users.
Consequences
- Confidentiality
Other
- ConfidentialityAccess ControlAuthorization
Bypass Protection Mechanism; Hide Activities
Mitigations
- Ensure that proper permissions on files and folders are enacted to limit accessibility.
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-DTPDomain Trust Policy1 shared
- D3-WSAMWeb Session Access Mediation1 shared
- D3-ABPIApplication-based Process Isolation1 shared
- D3-HRHost Reboot1 shared
- D3-HSHost Shutdown1 shared
- D3-KBPIKernel-based Process Isolation1 shared
- D3-PLAProcess Lineage Analysis1 shared
- D3-PSMDProcess Self-Modification Detection1 shared
- D3-PSProcess Suspension1 shared
- D3-PTProcess Termination1 shared
- D3-PSEPProcess Segment Execution Prevention1 shared
- D3-SAORSegment Address Offset Randomization1 shared
Detect with CAR
MITRE CAR analytics that cover the same ATT&CK techniques.