CAPEC-551 Modify Existing Service

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When an operating system starts, it also starts programs called services or daemons. Modifying existing services may break existing services or may enable services that are disabled/not commonly used.

weaknesses (2)

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284Improper Access Control
CWE-522Insufficiently Protected Credentials

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

T1543Create or Modify System Process

related attack patterns (1)

Related entries.

CAPEC-542Targeted Malware

source

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MITRE CAPEC