ATT&CK technique · T1018
Remote System Discovery
Discovery· seen in 2 CISA KEV exploits
Full description, procedures and detections on attack.mitre.org
Who uses it
ATT&CK groups and malware with this technique. Highlighted: in SecurityTabs news this month.
Weaknesses that lead here
Classes of exploited vulnerability that CTID maps to this technique.
- CWE-1191 KEV CVEImproper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCode reads or writes past the end of a buffer, the root of most classic memory-corruption exploits.
- CWE-1201 KEV CVEBuffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Input is copied into a fixed-size buffer without checking its length, overwriting whatever follows.
- CWE-1211 KEV CVEStack-based Buffer OverflowAn overflow on the stack can overwrite the return address and redirect the program to attacker code.
- CWE-1221 KEV CVEHeap-based Buffer OverflowAn overflow on the heap corrupts neighbouring objects, often turned into code execution.
- CWE-2871 KEV CVEImproper AuthenticationThe system doesn't properly prove who a user is, so attackers get in as someone else.
- CWE-2881 KEV CVEAuthentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or ChannelA second route (a debug port, an API) reaches the protected function without the login check.
- CWE-2901 KEV CVEAuthentication Bypass by SpoofingThe system trusts something an attacker can fake, such as a source address or header.
Controls that mitigate it (0)
NIST SP 800-53 rev5, grouped by family (CTID mapping).
No NIST SP 800-53 mapping for this technique.
Weaknesses from each CVE's CVE Record (CWE, © MITRE). Techniques: MITRE ATT&CK®. Technique ↔ control and CVE ↔ technique links: Center for Threat-Informed Defense Mappings Explorer (NIST SP 800-53 rev5; CISA KEV). Plain-language explainers are SecurityTabs editorial.