CAPEC-75 Manipulating Writeable Configuration Files

Generally these are manually edited files that are not in the preview of the system administrators, any ability on the attackers' behalf to modify these files, for example in a CVS repository, gives unauthorized access directly to the application, the same as authorized users.

• Configuration files must be modifiable by the attacker

• [Medium] To identify vulnerable configuration files, and understand how to manipulate servers and erase forensic evidence

• Confidentiality, Access Control, Authorization: Gain Privileges

• Design: Enforce principle of least privilege • Design: Backup copies of all configuration files • Implementation: Integrity monitoring for configuration files • Implementation: Enforce audit logging on code and configuration promotion procedures. • Implementation: Load configuration from separate process and memory space, for example a separate physical device like a CD