OAT-006 Expediting

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OWASP Automated Threat (OAT) Identity Number
OAT-006

Threat Event Name
Expediting

Summary Defining Characteristics
Perform actions to hasten progress of usually slow, tedious or time-consuming actions.

Description
Using speed to violate explicit or implicit assumptions about the application’s normal use to achieve unfair individual gain, often associated with deceit and loss to some other party.

In contrast to OAT-016 Skewing which affects metrics, Expediting is purely related to faster progression through a series of application processes. And OAT-017 Spamming is different to Expediting, since the focus of spam is to add information, and may not involve the concept of process progression.

Other Names and Examples
Algorithmic trading; Automated stock trading; Betting automation; Game automation; Gaming bot; Gold farming; Financial instrument dealing; High frequency trading; Last look trade; Mining; Purchase automation; Ticketing automation; Trading automation; Virtual wealth generation bot

CAPEC Category / Attack Pattern IDs

 * 210 Abuse of Functionality

CWE Base / Class / Variant IDS

 * 841 Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow

WASC Threat IDS

 * 21 Insufficient Anti-Automation
 * 42 Abuse of Functionality

OWASP Attack Category / Attack IDs

 * Category:Abuse of Functionality