CAPEC-448: Embed Virus into DLL
Description
An adversary tampers with a DLL and embeds a computer virus into gaps between legitimate machine instructions. These gaps may be the result of compiler optimizations that pad memory blocks for performance gains. The embedded virus then attempts to infect any machine which interfaces with the product, and possibly steal private data or eavesdrop.
- Likelihood of attack
- Medium
- Typical severity
- High
- Abstraction
- DetailedA low-level, detailed pattern, often for a particular technology.
Mechanism of attack: Manipulate System Resources
Prerequisites
- Access to the software currently deployed at a victim location. This access is often obtained by leveraging another attack pattern to gain permissions that the adversary wouldn't normally have.
Consequences
- Authorization
Execute Unauthorized Commands
Mitigations
- Leverage anti-virus products to detect and quarantine software with known virus.
Related weaknesses (CWE)
ATT&CK techniques (CAPEC taxonomy mapping)
Marked techniques are also explained, with detection notes and certification relevance, on our interactive ATT&CK map.
Across MITRE's defensive frameworks
Linked through the 1 ATT&CK technique above.
Counter with D3FEND
Defensive techniques MITRE D3FEND maps to the same ATT&CK techniques.
- D3-DADynamic Analysis1 shared
- D3-EFAEmulated File Analysis1 shared
- D3-EALExecutable Allowlisting1 shared
- D3-EDLExecutable Denylisting1 shared
- D3-CFContent Filtering1 shared
- D3-CMContent Modification1 shared
- D3-DFDecoy File1 shared
- D3-FAFile Analysis1 shared
- D3-FEFile Encryption1 shared
- D3-FEVFile Eviction1 shared
- D3-FIMFile Integrity Monitoring1 shared
- D3-LFPLocal File Permissions1 shared