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AI-PROMPT-INJECTInitial Access

Direct Prompt Injection

User-supplied input contains instructions that override the system prompt — "Ignore previous instructions and …" classic.

§ Where this technique fits

AI-PROMPT-INJECT is catalogued under the Initial Access tactic of the offensive-security kill-chain. It appears in 2 approved dossiers in the registry, typically at step 1 on average.

§ Dossiers chaining this technique

§ What commonly comes next

  1. 01
    Multi-Agent Collusion / Confused Deputy
    AI-AGENT-MULTI · Privilege Escalation
    seen 1×
  2. 02
    System Prompt Extraction
    AI-SYS-PROMPT-LEAK · Discovery
    seen 1×
  3. 03
    Training Data Extraction
    AI-TRAINING-EXFIL · Collection
    seen 1×