Meta attack pattern
Deprecated
CAPEC-171: DEPRECATED: Variable Manipulation
This attack pattern has been deprecated as it is a duplicate of the existing attack pattern "CAPEC-77 : Manipulating User-Controlled Variables". Please refer to this other CAPEC going forward.
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Overview
CAPEC-171 (DEPRECATED: Variable Manipulation) is a meta-level attack pattern catalogued by MITRE in the Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC). It describes a recurring method attackers use to exploit software weaknesses.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about CAPEC-171.
- What is CAPEC-171?
- This attack pattern has been deprecated as it is a duplicate of the existing attack pattern "CAPEC-77 : Manipulating User-Controlled Variables". Please refer to this other CAPEC going forward.
References
Attack-pattern data is sourced from the MITRE CAPEC catalog (v3.9). Weakness associations link to the corresponding CWE entries on RadicalNotion.AI.
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