CAPECattack pattern
CAPEC-572 Artificially Inflate File Sizes
Medium
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- Abstraction
- Standard
- Status
- Draft
- Likelihood of attack
- High
- Typical severity
- Medium
- CAPEC version
- 3.9
Description
An adversary modifies file contents by adding data to files for several reasons. Many different attacks could “follow” this pattern resulting in numerous outcomes. Adding data to a file could also result in a Denial of Service condition for devices with limited storage capacity.
Consequences
• Availability: Resource Consumption
• Integrity: Modify Data
Related
Att&ck technique · MITRE ATT&CK (1)
- T1027.001 Binary Padding sub-technique
Child of · CAPEC (1)
- CAPEC-165 File Manipulation attack pattern
Referenced by CAPEC · child of (1)
- CAPEC-655 Avoid Security Tool Identification by Adding Data attack pattern