Meta attack pattern
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CAPEC-410: Information Elicitation
An adversary engages an individual using any combination of social engineering methods for the purpose of extracting information. Accurate contextual and environmental queues, such as knowing important information about the target company or individual can greatly increase the success of the attack and the quality of information gathered. Authentic mimicry combined with detailed knowledge increases the success of elicitation attacks.
Low
Typical severity
Per MITRE
Not rated
Likelihood of attack
Per MITRE
0
Related weaknesses
CWEs this targets
Meta
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CAPEC-410 (Information Elicitation) 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.