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T1588.006: T1588.006

View on MITRE ATT&CK The MITRE Corporation · Published 15/10/2020 04:59 · Modified 30/03/2026 12:12

Essential information

MITRE technique ID
T1588.006
Confidence
100/100
Revoked
No
Published
15/10/2020 04:59
Modified
30/03/2026 12:12
Author / Source
The MITRE Corporation

Aliases

Vulnerabilities

Platforms

PRE

Description

Adversaries may acquire information about vulnerabilities that can be used during targeting. A vulnerability is a weakness in computer hardware or software that can, potentially, be exploited by an adversary to cause unintended or unanticipated behavior to occur. Adversaries may find vulnerability information by searching open databases or gaining access to closed vulnerability databases.(Citation: National Vulnerability Database) An adversary may monitor vulnerability disclosures/databases to understand the state of existing, as well as newly discovered, vulnerabilities. There is usually a delay between when a vulnerability is discovered and when it is made public. An adversary may target the systems of those known to conduct vulnerability research (including commercial vendors). Knowledge of a vulnerability may cause an adversary to search for an existing exploit (i.e. [Exploits](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1588/005)) or to attempt to develop one themselves (i.e. [Exploits](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1587/004)).

Kill chain phases

Kill chainPhase
mitre-attack resource-development

Marking (TLP)

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External references

Related entities

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