CAPEC-558 — Replace Trusted Executable
CAPEC-558: Replace Trusted Executable
MITRE CAPEC attack pattern
| Status | Stable |
| Typical severity | High |
| Likelihood of attack | Low |
| Catalogue | CAPEC 3.9 (2023-01-24) |
Description
An adversary exploits weaknesses in privilege management or access control to replace a trusted executable with a malicious version and enable the execution of malware when that trusted executable is called.
Where this sits in the chain
A finding maps to a weakness (CWE), a weakness is exploited by an attack pattern (CAPEC), and an attack pattern shows up in ATT&CK as observed adversary behaviour. This page is the middle hop.
Weaknesses exploited: CWE-284
ATT&CK techniques: T1505.005, T1546.008