Metaseverity: MediumDraft
CAPEC-176Configuration/Environment Manipulation
Abstraction
Meta
Status
Draft
Severity
Medium
Description
An attacker manipulates files or settings external to a target application which affect the behavior of that application. For example, many applications use external configuration files and libraries - modification of these entities or otherwise affecting the application's ability to use them would constitute a configuration/environment manipulation attack.
Related weaknesses· 5
Exploits5
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | External Control of System or Configuration Settingcwe-15 | 100% | live |
| Weakness | Improperly Preserved Integrity of Hardware Configuration State During a Power Save/Restore Operationcwe-1304 | 100% | live |
| Weakness | Hardware Internal or Debug Modes Allow Override of Lockscwe-1234 | 100% | live |
| Weakness | Security Version Number Mutable to Older Versionscwe-1328 | 100% | live |
| Weakness | Security-Sensitive Hardware Controls with Missing Lock Bit Protectioncwe-1233 | 100% | live |
Related by meaning· 6
Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.