Standard attack pattern
Draft
CAPEC-603: Blockage
An adversary blocks the delivery of an important system resource causing the system to fail or stop working.
High
Typical severity
Per MITRE
Medium
Likelihood of attack
Per MITRE
0
Related weaknesses
CWEs this targets
Standard
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CAPEC-603 (Blockage) 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.
What the attacker needs
Prerequisites
- This attack pattern requires knowledge of where important system resources are logically located as well as how they operate.
Consequences
What a successful CAPEC-603 attack can achieve.
Other
Affects: Availability
Blocking a resource from functional operation denies its availability to authorized users.