ATT&CK technique · T1091
Replication Through Removable Media
Initial AccessLateral Movement· seen in 6 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-1254 KEV CVEsOut-of-bounds ReadCode reads beyond a buffer, leaking secrets such as keys or memory addresses that defeat other defences.
- CWE-7874 KEV CVEsOut-of-bounds WriteData is written outside the memory it belongs to; the most common root cause of exploited memory bugs.
- CWE-1901 KEV CVEInteger Overflow or WraparoundA number grows past its maximum and wraps around, so a size check passes when it shouldn't.
- CWE-1911 KEV CVEInteger Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)A subtraction goes below zero and wraps to a huge value, typically leading to an oversized copy.
- CWE-4001 KEV CVEUncontrolled Resource ConsumptionRequests can consume unbounded CPU, memory or connections, taking the service down.
- CWE-7701 KEV CVEAllocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingNothing limits how much an attacker can make the system allocate.
Controls that mitigate it (10)
NIST SP 800-53 rev5, grouped by family (CTID mapping).
AC · Access Control
CM · Configuration Management
MP · Media Protection
RA · Risk Assessment
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.