ATT&CK technique · T1071.001
Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols
Command and Control· seen in 10 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-1192 KEV CVEsImproper 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-1202 KEV CVEsBuffer 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-1212 KEV CVEsStack-based Buffer OverflowAn overflow on the stack can overwrite the return address and redirect the program to attacker code.
- CWE-1222 KEV CVEsHeap-based Buffer OverflowAn overflow on the heap corrupts neighbouring objects, often turned into code execution.
- CWE-4162 KEV CVEsUse After FreeThe program keeps using memory after releasing it, so an attacker who controls what lands there next can hijack 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 (15)
NIST SP 800-53 rev5, grouped by family (CTID mapping).
AC · Access Control
CA · Security Assessment and Authorization
CM · Configuration Management
SC · System and Communications Protection
- SC-10Network Disconnect
- SC-20Secure Name/Address Resolution Service (Authoritative Source)
- SC-21Secure Name/Address Resolution Service (Recursive or Caching Resolver)
- SC-22Architecture and Provisioning for Name/Address Resolution Service
- SC-23Session Authenticity
- SC-31Covert Channel Analysis
- SC-37Out-of-band Channels
- SC-7Boundary Protection
SI · System and Information Integrity
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.