ATT&CK technique · T1078
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Initial AccessPersistencePrivilege EscalationStealth· seen in 46 CISA KEV exploits
Full description, procedures and detections on attack.mitre.org
Who uses it
ATT&CK groups and malware with this technique. Highlighted: in SecurityTabs news this month.
Weaknesses that lead here
Classes of exploited vulnerability that CTID maps to this technique.
- CWE-2877 KEV CVEsImproper AuthenticationThe system doesn't properly prove who a user is, so attackers get in as someone else.
- CWE-2887 KEV CVEsAuthentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or ChannelA second route (a debug port, an API) reaches the protected function without the login check.
- CWE-2907 KEV CVEsAuthentication Bypass by SpoofingThe system trusts something an attacker can fake, such as a source address or header.
- CWE-775 KEV CVEsImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Input is pasted into a command without escaping, so attackers append commands of their own.
- CWE-785 KEV CVEsImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Input reaches an operating-system shell, letting an attacker run any command the service can.
- CWE-1192 KEV CVEsImproper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCode reads or writes past the end of a buffer, the root of most classic memory-corruption exploits.
- CWE-1202 KEV CVEsBuffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Input is copied into a fixed-size buffer without checking its length, overwriting whatever follows.
- CWE-1212 KEV CVEsStack-based Buffer OverflowAn overflow on the stack can overwrite the return address and redirect the program to attacker code.
Controls that mitigate it (25)
NIST SP 800-53 rev5, grouped by family (CTID mapping).
AC · Access Control
CA · Security Assessment and Authorization
CM · Configuration Management
IA · Identification and Authentication
RA · Risk Assessment
SA · System and Services Acquisition
SC · System and Communications Protection
SI · System and Information Integrity
Weaknesses from each CVE's CVE Record (CWE, © MITRE). Techniques: MITRE ATT&CK®. Technique ↔ control and CVE ↔ technique links: Center for Threat-Informed Defense Mappings Explorer (NIST SP 800-53 rev5; CISA KEV). Plain-language explainers are SecurityTabs editorial.