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Capec-577 Detail

Owner Footprinting

Standard Software Likelihood: Low Typical Severity: Low

Parents: 169

Threats: T60 T65 T80 T258 T288 T291 T302 T334 T392 T407

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.

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External ID Source Link Description
CAPEC-577 capec https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/577.html
CWE-200 cwe http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
T1033 ATTACK https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1033 System Owner/User Discovery

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  1. The adversary must have gained access to the target system via physical or logical means in order to carry out this attack.
  2. Administrator permissions are required to view the home folder of other users.

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Authorization Access Control Confidentiality
Bypass Protection Mechanism Bypass Protection Mechanism Other
Hide Activities Hide Activities Bypass Protection Mechanism
Hide Activities

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