Threat intelligence / Technique

Discover AI Model Ontology

Adversaries may discover the ontology of an AI model's output space, for example, the types of objects a model can detect. The adversary may discover the ontology by repeated queries to the model, forcing it to enumerate its output space. Or the ontology may be discovered in a configuration file or in documentation about the model. The model ontology helps the adversary understand how the model is being used by the victim. It is useful to the adversary in creating targeted attacks.

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First seen2026-08-14

Last seen2026-08-14

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Adversaries may discover the ontology of an AI model's output space, for example, the types of objects a model can detect. The adversary may discover the ontology by repeated queries to the model, forcing it to enumerate its output space. Or the ontology may be discovered in a configuration file or in documentation about the model. The model ontology helps the adversary understand how the model is being used by the victim. It is useful to the adversary in creating targeted attacks.

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mitigates

from Limit AI Service Query Volume and Rate

Mitigation

mitigates

from Predictive AI Output Obfuscation

Mitigation

uses

from Face Identification System Evasion via Physical Countermeasures

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AML.T0013