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T1574.005 · Executable Installer File Permissions Weakness

🎯 Stealth Windows Sub-technique

Sub-technique of T1574 · Hijack Execution Flow.

Adversaries may execute their own malicious payloads by hijacking the binaries used by an installer. These processes may automatically execute specific binaries as part of their functionality or to perform other actions. If the permissions on the file system directory containing a target binary, or ...

How to detect & mitigate it

Detecting Executable Installer File Permissions Weakness starts with your SIEM/EDR telemetry. Write a detection rule with the Sigma generator, analyze suspicious logs in the log analyzer, and place the technique on your coverage with the ATT&CK matrix.

Related techniques

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