Meta attack pattern
Stable
CAPEC-224: Fingerprinting
An adversary compares output from a target system to known indicators that uniquely identify specific details about the target. Most commonly, fingerprinting is done to determine operating system and application versions. Fingerprinting can be done passively as well as actively. Fingerprinting by itself is not usually detrimental to the target. However, the information gathered through fingerprinting often enables an adversary to discover existing weaknesses in the target.
Very Low
Typical severity
Per MITRE
High
Likelihood of attack
Per MITRE
1
Related weaknesses
CWEs this targets
Meta
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CAPEC-224 (Fingerprinting) 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.