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Attack Patterns CAPEC-580 — System Footprinting
CAPEC-580

System Footprinting

TLP:CLEAR

Description

Typical severity: Low. Likelihood of attack: Low. An adversary engages in active probing and exploration activities to determine security information about a remote target system. Often times adversaries will rely on remote applications that can be probed for system configurations.

Mitigation

Keep patches up to date by installing weekly or daily if possible. | Identify programs that may be used to acquire peripheral information and block them by using a software restriction policy or tools that restrict program execution by using a process allowlist.

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Added
Jul 14, 2026
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