CAPEC-545
Pull Data from System Resources
An adversary who is authorized or has the ability to search known system resources, does so with the intention of gathering useful information. System resources include files, memory, and other aspects of the target system. In this pattern of attack, the adversary does not necessarily know what they are going to find when they start pulling data. This is different than CAPEC-150 where the adversary knows what they are looking for due to the common location.
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Weaknesses it exploits
- CWE-1239 Improper Zeroization of Hardware Register
- CWE-1243 Sensitive Non-Volatile Information Not Protected During Debug
- CWE-1258 Exposure of Sensitive System Information Due to Uncleared Debug Information
- CWE-1266 Improper Scrubbing of Sensitive Data from Decommissioned Device
- CWE-1272 Sensitive Information Uncleared Before Debug/Power State Transition
- CWE-1278 Missing Protection Against Hardware Reverse Engineering Using Integrated Circuit (IC) Imaging Techniques
- CWE-1323 Improper Management of Sensitive Trace Data
- CWE-1330 Remanent Data Readable after Memory Erase
Recent CVEs with these weaknesses
- 4.9CVE-2026-65127
NVIDIA Infrastructure Controller for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause exposure of sensitive system information due to uncleared debug information. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to informa…
- 2.4CVE-2026-80239
Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains an Exposure of Sensitive System Information Due to Uncleared Debug Information vulnerability. An unauthenticated attack…
- 3.3CVE-2026-79727
Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains an Exposure of Sensitive System Information Due to Uncleared Debug Information vulnerability. A low privileged attacker…
- 3.5CVE-2026-70412
Dell iDRAC9, versions prior to 7.20.30.50, and Dell iDRAC10, version prior to 1.20.60.50, contain a Remanent Data Readable after Memory Erase vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulner…
- 7.5CVE-2026-66432
Subscriber Sensitive Data Exposure in WPJAM Basic <= 7.0.2.1 versions.
- 7.5CVE-2026-52696
Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Exposure in JetBlog <= 2.4.8 versions.
- 2.7CVE-2025-15480
In Ubuntu, ubuntu-desktop-provision version 24.04.4 could leak sensitive user credentials during crash reporting. Upon installation failure, if a user submitted a bug report to Launchpad, ubuntu-desktop-provision could include the user's p…
- 2.7CVE-2025-14551
In Ubuntu, Subiquity version 24.04.4 could leak sensitive user credentials during crash reporting. Upon installation failure, if a user submitted a bug report to Launchpad, Subiquity could include certain user credentials, such as the user…
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