/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1003.008
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1003.008",
"title": "/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/008",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--d0b4fcdb-d67d-4ed2-99ce-788b12f8c0f4",
"external_id": "T1003.008",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-02-11T18:46:56.263Z",
"modified": "2025-10-24T17:49:25.253Z",
"version": "1.2",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"credential-access"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Arctic Wolf",
"url": "https://arcticwolf.com/resources/blog/arctic-wolf-observes-threat-campaign-targeting-palo-alto-networks-firewall-devices/"
},
{
"source_name": "Linux Password and Shadow File Formats",
"url": "https://www.tldp.org/LDP/lame/LAME/linux-admin-made-easy/shadow-file-formats.html"
},
{
"source_name": "nixCraft - John the Ripper",
"url": "https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-linux-password-cracking-john-the-ripper/"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (6)
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ATTACK:enterprise:S0349 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1003.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--3822f934-0b93-417b-bb1d-06218d51922e
GitHub LaZagne Dec 2018ATTACK:enterprise:C0045 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1003.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--3f175143-5655-4017-8e93-305f903d143f
Oligo ShadowRay Campaign MAR 2024ATTACK:enterprise:M1026 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1003.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--4274e62f-1dc9-47d0-800a-f812cfe4e071
ATTACK:enterprise:M1027 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1003.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--874955d4-086a-4232-ab37-3aa2ad5bdfa5
ATTACK:enterprise:C0064 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1003.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ae76e8f5-245f-453b-ac5b-1ac1df47af0c
AI-Mexico-Govt-BreachATTACK:enterprise:T1003.008 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--fe061ca4-3182-49b7-a70c-96c58e19d9bc