MITRE ATT&CK Technique
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
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. ',
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{'description': 'Cid, D.. (2015, August 2). BIND9 – '
'Denial of Service Exploit in the '
'Wild. Retrieved April 26, 2019.',
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