Standard attack pattern
Draft
CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding
An adversary leverages the possibility to encode potentially harmful input or content used by applications such that the applications are ineffective at validating this encoding standard.
High
Typical severity
Per MITRE
High
Likelihood of attack
Per MITRE
9
Related weaknesses
CWEs this targets
Standard
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CAPEC-267 (Leverage Alternate Encoding) 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.