CAPEC Details
Name Remote Services with Stolen Credentials
Likelyhood of attack Typical severity
Medium Very High
Summary This pattern of attack involves an adversary that uses stolen credentials to leverage remote services such as RDP, telnet, SSH, and VNC to log into a system. Once access is gained, any number of malicious activities could be performed.
Prerequisites
Solutions Disable RDP, telnet, SSH and enable firewall rules to block such traffic. Limit users and accounts that have remote interactive login access. Remove the Local Administrators group from the list of groups allowed to login through RDP. Limit remote user permissions. Use remote desktop gateways and multifactor authentication for remote logins.
Related Weaknesses
CWE ID Description
CWE-262 Not Using Password Aging
CWE-263 Password Aging with Long Expiration
CWE-294 Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay
CWE-308 Use of Single-factor Authentication
CWE-309 Use of Password System for Primary Authentication
CWE-521 Weak Password Requirements
CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Related CAPECS
CAPEC ID Description
CAPEC-151 Identity Spoofing refers to the action of assuming (i.e., taking on) the identity of some other entity (human or non-human) and then using that identity to accomplish a goal. An adversary may craft messages that appear to come from a different principle or use stolen / spoofed authentication credentials.
CAPEC-560 An adversary guesses or obtains (i.e. steals or purchases) legitimate credentials (e.g. userID/password) to achieve authentication and to perform authorized actions under the guise of an authenticated user or service.
Taxonomy: ATTACK
Entry ID Entry Name
1114.002 Email Collection:Remote Email Collection
1021 Remote Services
1133 External Remote Services