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MITRE CAPEC-3 (Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters) is a detailed-level attack pattern in the MITRE Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification. Some APIs will strip certain leading characters from a string of parameters. An adversary can intentionally introduce leading "ghost" characters (extra characters that don't affect the validity of the request at the API layer) that enable the input to pass the filters and therefore process the adversary's input. Likelihood of attack: Medium. Typical severity: Medium. Maps to weaknesses CWE-173, CWE-41, CWE-172, CWE-179, and others.
Pillar: Cybersecurity · Authority: MITRE Corporation · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/3.html
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Primary Citations — 10 traced to source
- MITRE CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters (https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/3.html)
- CWE-173: underlying weakness (http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/173.html)
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