Missing Account Lockout Abuse
Variants:
Direct
Vector Type:
Attack
Relevance:
Generic
Layer:
Application-Level
Platforms:
Any
Target Type:
Application
Affected Mechanisms:
Account Lockout, Anti-Automation
Invented In:
01/01/1999
Added In:
19/12/2014
Vector Operation Method:
Attackers can abuse a missing account lockout mechanism to perform brute force and dictionary attacks aimed at enumerating user credentials and sensitive resources.
