MITRE ATT&CK Technique
Impact T1499.004
Description

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users. (Citation: Sucuri BIND9 August 2015) Some systems may automatically restart critical applications and services when crashes occur, but they can likely be re-exploited to cause a persistent denial of service (DoS) condition. Adversaries may exploit known or zero-day vulnerabilities to crash applications and/or systems, which may also lead to dependent applications and/or systems to be in a DoS condition. Crashed or restarted applications or systems may also have other effects such as [Data Destruction](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1485), [Firmware Corruption](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1495), [Service Stop](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1489) etc. which may further cause a DoS condition and deny availability to critical information, applications and/or systems.

Supported Platforms
Windows IaaS Linux macOS
Created

April 29, 2026

Last Updated

April 29, 2026

STIX Data
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 'description': 'Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can '
                'cause an application or system to crash and deny availability '
                'to users. (Citation: Sucuri BIND9 August 2015) Some systems '
                'may automatically restart critical applications and services '
                'when crashes occur, but they can likely be re-exploited to '
                'cause a persistent denial of service (DoS) condition.\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries may exploit known or zero-day vulnerabilities to '
                'crash applications and/or systems, which may also lead to '
                'dependent applications and/or systems to be in a DoS '
                'condition. Crashed or restarted applications or systems may '
                'also have other effects such as [Data '
                'Destruction](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1485), '
                '[Firmware '
                'Corruption](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1495), '
                '[Service Stop](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1489) '
                'etc. which may further cause a DoS condition and deny '
                'availability to critical information, applications and/or '
                'systems. ',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1499.004',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1499/004'},
                         {'description': 'Cid, D.. (2015, August 2). BIND9 – '
                                         'Denial of Service Exploit in the '
                                         'Wild. Retrieved April 26, 2019.',
                          'source_name': 'Sucuri BIND9 August 2015',
                          'url': 'https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/08/bind9-denial-of-service-exploit-in-the-wild.html'}],
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 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:34.531Z',
 'name': 'Application or System Exploitation',
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 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
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 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
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 'x_mitre_impact_type': ['Availability'],
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