cti-ATT-CK-v13.1/pre-attack/attack-pattern/attack-pattern--1def484d-2343-470d-8925-88f45b5f9615.json

{
    "type": "bundle",
    "id": "bundle--fc9bcf83-e469-430a-80f5-fd4c447b791f",
    "spec_version": "2.0",
    "objects": [
        {
            "id": "attack-pattern--1def484d-2343-470d-8925-88f45b5f9615",
            "created_by_ref": "identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5",
            "name": "Assess vulnerability of 3rd party vendors",
            "description": "This object is deprecated as its content has been merged into the enterprise domain. Please see the [PRE](http://attack.mitre.org/matrices/enterprise/pre/) matrix for its replacement. The prior content of this page has been preserved [here](https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v7/techniques/T1298).\n\nOnce a 3rd party vendor has been identified as being of interest it can be probed for vulnerabilities just like the main target would be. (Citation: Zetter2015Threats) (Citation: WSJTargetBreach)",
            "external_references": [
                {
                    "source_name": "mitre-pre-attack",
                    "url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1298",
                    "external_id": "T1298"
                },
                {
                    "source_name": "Zetter2015Threats",
                    "description": "Kim Zetter. (2015, January 4). The Biggest Security Threats We\u2019ll Face in 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2017."
                },
                {
                    "source_name": "WSJTargetBreach",
                    "description": "Paul Ziobro. (2014, February 6). Target Breach Began With Contractor's Electronic Billing Link. Retrieved March 6, 2017."
                }
            ],
            "object_marking_refs": [
                "marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
            ],
            "x_mitre_detectable_by_common_defenses": "No",
            "x_mitre_detectable_by_common_defenses_explanation": "3rd parties would most likely not report network scans to their partners.  Target network would not know that their 3rd party partners were being used as a vector.",
            "x_mitre_difficulty_for_adversary": "Yes",
            "x_mitre_difficulty_for_adversary_explanation": "The difficult part is enumerating all 3rd parties.  Finding major partners would not be difficult.  Significantly easier with insider knowledge.  Vulnerability scanning the 3rd party networks is trivial.",
            "x_mitre_version": "1.0",
            "x_mitre_old_attack_id": "PRE-T1075",
            "type": "attack-pattern",
            "kill_chain_phases": [
                {
                    "kill_chain_name": "mitre-pre-attack",
                    "phase_name": "organizational-weakness-identification"
                }
            ],
            "modified": "2020-10-26T13:42:49.342Z",
            "created": "2017-12-14T16:46:06.044Z",
            "x_mitre_deprecated": true
        }
    ]
}