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CAPEC-678

System Build Data Maliciously Altered

During the system build process, the system is deliberately misconfigured by the alteration of the build data. Access to system configuration data files and build processes is susceptible to deliberate misconfiguration of the system.

Abstraction

Detailed

Typical severity

High

Likelihood of attack

Low

Understand the attack

What is this attack pattern?

During the system build process, the system is deliberately misconfigured by the alteration of the build data. Access to system configuration data files and build processes is susceptible to deliberate misconfiguration of the system.

Requirements

What does the attack require?

Prerequisites

  • An adversary has access to the data files and processes used for executing system configuration and performing the build.

Skills required

Not stated in the MITRE record.

Resources required

Not stated in the MITRE record.

Impact

What does a successful attack lead to?

Execute Unauthorized Commands

Affected scopes: Integrity

Gain Privileges

Affected scopes: Access Control

Modify DataRead Data

Affected scopes: Confidentiality

Defence

How is it prevented and mitigated?

1
Implement configuration management security practices that protect the integrity of software and associated data.
2
Monitor and control access to the configuration management system.
3
Harden centralized repositories against attack.
4
Establish acceptance criteria for configuration management check-in to assure integrity.
5
Plan for and audit the security of configuration management administration processes.
6
Maintain configuration control over operational systems.

Real world

MITRE example instances

Example instance 1Detail
‘Make’ is a program used for building executable programs and libraries from source code by executing commands and following rules in a ‘makefile’. It can create a malicious executable if commands or dependency paths in the makefile are maliciously altered to execute an unwanted command or reference as a dependency maliciously altered code.
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