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CAPEC Builder script that generates STIX TTP objects.

This script will looks at the first argument given to the script as a CAPCE ID and look it up from the CAPCE XML file (capec_2-8.xml). The output will be a TTP object based from that CAPEC ID including the following information:

• Referenced CAPEC ID
• Description
• Title
• Related TTPs
• Information Source

The script is still under active development and as such shouldn't be considered a finished product.

To install the script you can clone the repository using git clone.

Before using the script you will need setup the config file with your own settings:

Before using this script you will need to setup the configuration file with your own settings:

1. Make a copy of the config.json.template file and rename it to config.json.
2. Enter your own settings inside your config.json file.

• The stix key defines your namespace and prefix.
• The capec-file key defines the location and name of the CAPEC XML content file.

Once setup your file should look like this:

{
  "capec-file": "capec_2-8.xml",
  "ingest": [
    {
      "active": false,
      "endpoint": "http://kb.avengers.com/adapter/certuk_mod/import/",
      "user": "bot"
    }
  ],
  "stix": [
    {
      "ns": "http://avengers.com",
      "ns_prefix": "avengers"
    }
  ],
  "taxii": [
    {
      "active": false,
      "binding": "urn:stix.mitre.org:xml:1.1.1",
      "discovery_path": "/taxii-discovery-service",
      "host": "kb.avengers.com",
      "inbox_path": "/taxii-data",
      "password": "password",
      "ssl": false,
      "username": "username"
    }
  ]
}

From a terminal/command prompt your can specify the CAPEC ID as the argument to build a TTP based on that CAPEC.

$ python capecbuilder.py 202

An example output can be found in the Example file. This examples uses CAPEC 202.