SVG Smuggling
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1027.017
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1027.017",
"title": "SVG Smuggling",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1027/017",
"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--78b9e70d-1605-459c-b23d-e3a25036968c",
"external_id": "T1027.017",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2025-03-25T15:31:09.697Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.643Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"stealth"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Talos SVG Smuggling 2022",
"url": "https://blog.talosintelligence.com/html-smugglers-turn-to-svg-images/"
},
{
"source_name": "Trustwave SVG Smuggling 2025",
"url": "https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/pixel-perfect-trap-the-surge-of-svg-borne-phishing-attacks/"
},
{
"source_name": "Bleeping Computer SVG Smuggling 2024",
"url": "https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/phishing-emails-increasingly-use-svg-attachments-to-evade-detection/"
},
{
"source_name": "Cofense SVG Smuggling 2024",
"url": "https://cofense.com/blog/svg-files-abused-in-emerging-campaigns/"
}
]
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ATTACK:enterprise:T1027.017 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1027
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2d3d9c31-1bd9-400e-a8b5-af9e4b53ebdb
ATTACK:enterprise:M1048 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1027.017
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--a179ec8d-68ab-423e-a6c8-a253d80d4d04