Metalikelihood: Mediumseverity: HighStable

CAPEC-549Local Execution of Code

Abstraction
Meta
Status
Stable
Likelihood
Medium
Severity
High

Description

An adversary installs and executes malicious code on the target system in an effort to achieve a negative technical impact. Examples include rootkits, ransomware, spyware, adware, and others. Metadata: meta CAPEC pattern, status stable, likelihood medium, severity high. Underlying weakness: CWE-829.

Related weaknesses· 1

CWE-829

Exploits1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessInclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Spherecwe-829100%live

Related by meaning· 6

Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.

CAPEC
Local Code Inclusion
CAPEC
Install Rootkit
CAPEC
Replace Trusted Executable
CAPEC
Targeted Malware
CAPEC
Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files
CAPEC
Infected Software
Sourced from MITRE CAPEC. Curated by Adam Lundqvist, SQUR.