CAPEC-533: Malicious Manual Software Update
Description
Extended Description
XDoS is most closely associated with web services, SOAP, and Rest, because remote service requesters can post malicious XML payloads to the service provider designed to exhaust the service provider's memory, CPU, and/or disk space. The main weakness in XDoS is that the service provider generally must inspect, parse, and validate the XML messages to determine routing, workflow, security considerations, and so on. It is exactly these inspection, parsing, and validation routines that XDoS targets. This attack exploits the loosely coupled nature of web services, where the service provider has little to no control over the service requester and any messages the service requester sends.
Severity :
High
Possibility :
Low
Type :
Detailed
Relationships with other CAPECs
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Prerequisites
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- Advanced knowledge about the download and update installation processes.
- Advanced knowledge about the deployed system and its various software subcomponents and processes.
Skills required
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- High Able to develop malicious code that can be used on the victim's system while maintaining normal functionality.
Taxonomy mappings
Mappings to ATT&CK, OWASP and other frameworks.
Related CWE
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