ATT&CK technique · T1136
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Persistence· seen in 10 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-2873 KEV CVEsImproper AuthenticationThe system doesn't properly prove who a user is, so attackers get in as someone else.
- CWE-2883 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-2903 KEV CVEsAuthentication Bypass by SpoofingThe system trusts something an attacker can fake, such as a source address or header.
- CWE-1191 KEV CVEImproper 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-1201 KEV CVEBuffer 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-1211 KEV CVEStack-based Buffer OverflowAn overflow on the stack can overwrite the return address and redirect the program to attacker code.
- CWE-1221 KEV CVEHeap-based Buffer OverflowAn overflow on the heap corrupts neighbouring objects, often turned into code execution.
- CWE-2841 KEV CVEImproper Access ControlRestrictions on who can access a resource are missing or wrong.
Controls that mitigate it (15)
NIST SP 800-53 rev5, grouped by family (CTID mapping).
AC · Access Control
CM · Configuration Management
IA · Identification and Authentication
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.