Standard attack pattern
Draft
CAPEC-234: Hijacking a privileged process
An adversary gains control of a process that is assigned elevated privileges in order to execute arbitrary code with those privileges. Some processes are assigned elevated privileges on an operating system, usually through association with a particular user, group, or role. If an attacker can hijack this process, they will be able to assume its level of privilege in order to execute their own code.
Medium
Typical severity
Per MITRE
Not rated
Likelihood of attack
Per MITRE
2
Related weaknesses
CWEs this targets
Standard
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CAPEC-234 (Hijacking a privileged process) is a standard-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.