CAPEC-576 Group Permission Footprinting

An adversary exploits functionality meant to identify information about user groups and their permissions on the target system to an authorized user. By knowing what users/permissions are registered on the target system, the adversary can inform further and more targeted malicious behavior. An example Windows command which can list local groups is "net localgroup".

• The adversary must have gained access to the target system via physical or logical means in order to carry out this attack.

• Confidentiality: Other • Confidentiality, Access Control, Authorization: Bypass Protection Mechanism, Hide Activities

• Identify programs (such as "net") that may be used to enumerate local group permissions and block them by using a software restriction Policy or tools that restrict program execution by using a process allowlist.